NY TIMES: Konitz, Motian, Haden and Mehldau

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Thursday December 10, 2009

(From the New York Times – Ben Ratliff)

This week Birdland has booked an ad-hoc quartet with three eminences and a great younger player. They are the alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, 82; the drummer Paul Motian, 78; the bassist Charlie Haden, 72; and the pianist Brad Mehldau, who at 39 is half Mr. Motian’s age. The music worked, in its own ingrown way.

Read the entire review on The New York Times Online

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