{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Organic-Lee | type = Album | artist = [[Lee Konitz]] and [[Gary Versace]] | cover = Organic-Lee.jpg | alt = | released = 2006 | recorded = January 2006 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 55:18 | label = [[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]<br><small>SCCD 31599</small> | producer = Nils Winther | chronology = [[Lee Konitz]] | prev_title = [[New Nonet]] | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = [[Portology]] | next_year = 2006 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Gary Versace]] | type = Album | prev_title = Many Places | prev_year = 2005 | title = Organic-Lee | year = 2006 | next_title = Reminiscence | next_year = 2006 }} }} '''''Organic-Lee''''' is an album by American jazz saxophonist [[Lee Konitz]] and organist [[Gary Versace]] recorded in 2006 and released on the Danish [[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]] label.<ref>Di Filippo, R., [https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/lee-konitz-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Lee Konitz] accessed May 30, 2017</ref><ref>[http://steeplechase.dk/wordpress/lee-konitz-organiclee-sccd-31599/ SteepleChase Productions ApS], accessed May 30, 2017</ref><ref>[http://www.garyversace.com/Recordings.asp Gary Versace: Recordings], accessed May 30, 2017</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[All About Jazz]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AAJ"/> |rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=840}}</ref> }} Budd Kopman of [[All About Jazz]] said "''Organic-Lee'' is an extremely rewarding album on many different levels. The players are very exposed, and their musicianship is not hidden behind drums and bass. I was not prepared for the degree with which the record drew me in, but with each listen, I was further seduced. While both players ventured into the realm of abstraction, it became obvious that Konitz and Versace shared an enormous well of emotion, allowing them to make beautiful music together".<ref name="AAJ">Kopman, B. [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/organic-lee-lee-konitz-steeplechase-records-review-by-budd-kopman.php All About Jazz Review], January 2, 2007</ref>
== Track listing == # "[[Old Folks (1938 song)|Old Folks]]" ([[Willard Robison]], Dedette Lee Hill) – 5:26 # "[[How Long Has This Been Going On]]" ([[George Gershwin]], [[Ira Gershwin]]) – 4:41 # ""A" Blues" (Lee Konitz) – 6:45 # "[[In Your Own Sweet Way]]" ([[Dave Brubeck]]) – 7:25 # "[[Giant Steps (composition)|Giant Steps]]" ([[John Coltrane]]) – 7:10 # "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" ([[Billy Strayhorn]]) – 6:52 # "[[Sweet and Lovely]]" ([[Gus Arnheim]], [[Charles N. Daniels (music)|Jules LeMare]], [[Harry Tobias]]) – 5:20 # "Come Sunday" ([[Duke Ellington]]) – 5:21 # "My Old Flame" ([[Sam Coslow]], [[Arthur Johnston (composer)|Arthur Johnston]]) – 6:11
== Personnel == *[[Lee Konitz]] – [[alto saxophone]] *[[Gary Versace]] – [[Hammond organ|Hammond B3 Organ]]
== References == {{reflist}} {{Lee Konitz}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Lee Konitz albums]] [[Category:2006 collaborative albums]] [[Category:SteepleChase Records albums]]