jlhoots Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Don't see much about this trumpeter. I've always thought the World Pac. LP led by Pepper Adams called Critics Choice featuring Katzman should be issued on CD. Just found a CD called Lee Katzman Meets Supersax. Has Jimmy Rowles on piano. I've listened several times and really like it. Try it if you see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Don't see much about this trumpeter. I've always thought the World Pac. LP led by Pepper Adams called Critics Choice featuring Katzman should be issued on CD. Just found a CD called Lee Katzman Meets Supersax. Has Jimmy Rowles on piano. I've listened several times and really like it. Try it if you see it. Time someone replied to this post! Listening today to Pepper Adams' The Critics' Choice (available since 2005 on EMI Mighty Quinn CD), I was struck by the confident, distinctive soloing of Lee Katzman on the three tracks on which he appears. As Ted Panaken, the 2005 sleeve note writer, says:"Katzman's declarative , witty solo[ing], unencumbered by technical limitation, makes you wonder why he didn't become a bigger name on his instrument." I wonder why, too! A quick survey of my record collection found him on two discs only - Stan Kenton's Back to Balboa and the Terry Gibbs Dream Band's One More Time, where I initially mistook his solos for Conte Candoli's! I hope he's still with us; Ted Panaken refers to him as "the date's last survivor". He would appear to be the classic underrated jazz musician. Anyone know any more about him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Don't see much about this trumpeter. I've always thought the World Pac. LP led by Pepper Adams called Critics Choice featuring Katzman should be issued on CD. Just found a CD called Lee Katzman Meets Supersax. Has Jimmy Rowles on piano. I've listened several times and really like it. Try it if you see it. Time someone replied to this post! Listening today to Pepper Adams' The Critics' Choice (available since 2005 on EMI Mighty Quinn CD), I was struck by the confident, distinctive soloing of Lee Katzman on the three tracks on which he appears. As Ted Panaken, the 2005 sleeve note writer, says:"Katzman's declarative , witty solo[ing], unencumbered by technical limitation, makes you wonder why he didn't become a bigger name on his instrument." I wonder why, too! A quick survey of my record collection found him on two discs only - Stan Kenton's Back to Balboa and the Terry Gibbs Dream Band's One More Time, where I initially mistook his solos for Conte Candoli's! I hope he's still with us; Ted Panaken refers to him as "the date's last survivor". He would appear to be the classic underrated jazz musician. Anyone know any more about him? BillF, Katzman is on a large number of big band recordings by Stan Kenton and some others too. In a small group setting the choices are very limited. Apart from the Pepper Adams already mentioned are these two that I have on CD. Bill Holman - Jive For Five - VSOP Jimmy Rowles - Jazz In A Weather Vane - VSOP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 I Googled Lee Katzman & got a lead that he had performed at the Celebration of the Arts Festival festival in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration_o...e_Arts_Festival The festival has a website http://www.cotajazz.org/ Perhaps the current status of Mr. Katzman could be ascertained by communications therein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Well hey, guess what - I was looking at LPs at a Salvation army today and came across one by the Baja Marimba Band. I looked at it on both sides to see if the "there's a guy taking a leak on every one of their albums" thing was true (didn't see it on this one), but the trumpet player was none other than Lee Katzman. So hey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Just received True Blue's catalog which includes Lee Katzman Meets Supersax: "Trumpeter Katzman is the main soloist and wrote 6 of the 11 tunes on this 1982 collaboration with Supersax." Anyone heard this one? What are the 5 other tunes? Can you recommend it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Just received True Blue's catalog which includes Lee Katzman Meets Supersax: "Trumpeter Katzman is the main soloist and wrote 6 of the 11 tunes on this 1982 collaboration with Supersax." Anyone heard this one? What are the 5 other tunes? Can you recommend it? As I said in the first post in this thread in 2004, I have this CD & like it. The other 5 tunes are: Bossa NoNo (Med Flory) Trentino (Pepper Adams) Body & Soul BeBop Love Song (Bill Holman) Embraceable You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Just received True Blue's catalog which includes Lee Katzman Meets Supersax: "Trumpeter Katzman is the main soloist and wrote 6 of the 11 tunes on this 1982 collaboration with Supersax." Anyone heard this one? What are the 5 other tunes? Can you recommend it? As I said in the first post in this thread in 2004, I have this CD & like it. The other 5 tunes are: Bossa NoNo (Med Flory) Trentino (Pepper Adams) Body & Soul BeBop Love Song (Bill Holman) Embraceable You Thanks jhoots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Have now got Lee Katzman Meets Supersax and find the following information in the liner notes which links in with what's already been said in this thread: "Recordings featuring Lee Katzman: Jive for Five, Bill Holman (Andrex Records) Critic's Choice, Pepper Adams (World Pacific Records) Jazz in a Weather Vane, Jimmy Rowles (Andrex Records) Back to Balboa, Stan Kenton (Capitol Records) Skabadabba, Bob Dorough (Pinnacle Records) Bill Holman Great Big Band, Bill Holman (Capitol Records) Live at the Summit, Terry Gibbs Dream Band (Verve Records)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Will jump on this one when it comes out (soon, let's hope) by Blue Jack Records: An unreleased 1963 session with Teddy Edwards, Jack Wilson, Leroy Vinnegar and Nick Martinis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat5 Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 (edited) Irv Clark / Irv Rocklin keeps in touch with Lee. I believe Lee lives in Florida. Jay Corre might have info too. Edited November 7, 2010 by flat5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) On 6-11-2010 at 3:21 PM, brownie said: Will jump on this one when it comes out (soon, let's hope) by Blue Jack Records: An unreleased 1963 session with Teddy Edwards, Jack Wilson, Leroy Vinnegar and Nick Martinis. Seems the session never came out there but since a few years it's up on spotify, apparently self-produced and imho it's every bit as good as one might have hoped edit: it's not just on spotify, also on youtube, most of it at least Edited May 3, 2020 by Niko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) Footnote to my comments above: I didn't like Katzman's playing on the Supersax album so sold it on. As I recall, his playing seemed technically flawed, which certainly wasn't the case on the Critics' Choice album. Perhaps his playing deteriorated with age. He was 29 on the earlier album and 52 on the later one. But let's be optimistic! I now have this new Spotify discovery to listen to, with Katzman in his 30s, so I'm hopeful! Edited May 3, 2020 by BillF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 Now listening and , as it says on the tin, it's beautiful! I compared Katzman's triumphant soloing on "I Love You" here to his fluffed opening to "Body and Soul" on the Supersax album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 played this several times over the day, for me it's quite an amazing find... a classical Hard Bop session that almost nobody played in its first few years on spotify and youtube... imho it can really compete with similar albums from that period like those from the Carmell Jones Select... hard to go wrong with Teddy Edwards, Jack Wilson and Leroy Vinegar in 1963 I gues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted May 17, 2020 Report Share Posted May 17, 2020 On 5/3/2020 at 2:08 PM, Niko said: played this several times over the day, for me it's quite an amazing find... a classical Hard Bop session that almost nobody played in its first few years on spotify and youtube... imho it can really compete with similar albums from that period like those from the Carmell Jones Select... hard to go wrong with Teddy Edwards, Jack Wilson and Leroy Vinegar in 1963 I gues So glad you referenced this on the Curtis Amy/Don Randi thread as I certainly missed all references to this until now. Looks awesome, can't wait to hear new Teddy Edwards doing his thing with Jack Wilson. Even if the trumpeter isn't so hot how bad can it be. Thanks Niko. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted May 17, 2020 Report Share Posted May 17, 2020 Don’t know if it’s on Spotify, but Katzman fans might want to track down and check out this live date recorded at Keystone Korner around 1980: Lee Katzman Quartet: Naptown Reunion ... today is Katzman’s birthday, btw. Chicago-born and grew up in Indianapolis, so he’s a name that comes up among the small coterie of Indiana jazz history devotees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 17, 2020 Report Share Posted May 17, 2020 Do you know if he got paid good bread for the Baja Marimba Band gig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted May 17, 2020 Report Share Posted May 17, 2020 27 minutes ago, ghost of miles said: Don’t know if it’s on Spotify, but Katzman fans might want to track down and check out this live date recorded at Keystone Korner around 1980: Lee Katzman Quartet: Naptown Reunion ... today is Katzman’s birthday, btw. Chicago-born and grew up in Indianapolis, so he’s a name that comes up among the small coterie of Indiana jazz history devotees. I seem to remember reading that he studied at your university, David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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