Lee’s rapport with the audience is interesting. I saw him in Berlin with Harold Danko, just the two of them. 1987. I can’t remember the venue. The best known jazz club is Quasimodo’s. That’s really intimate (I saw Old & New Dreams there; that was special). I think the Lee/Danko was in some sort of hall. They were so remote visually. Fantastic gig, gave rise to the Wild As Springtime album. I spoke to Lee afterwards. Gerry Mulligan is right. Lee was a genius. As a result I’ve struggled to dig other alto players apart from Bird.
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Lee’s rapport with the audience is interesting. I saw him in Berlin with Harold Danko, just the two of them. 1987. I can’t remember the venue. The best known jazz club is Quasimodo’s. That’s really intimate (I saw Old & New Dreams there; that was special). I think the Lee/Danko was in some sort of hall. They were so remote visually. Fantastic gig, gave rise to the Wild As Springtime album. I spoke to Lee afterwards. Gerry Mulligan is right. Lee was a genius. As a result I’ve struggled to dig other alto players apart from Bird.