Konitz and Marsh: Half Note

Reprinted from http://jazzwax.com

The Half Note in New York was a jazz club at 289 Hudson St. that operated from 1957 to 1972. Today, the building still stands and houses a deli (below), unless, of course, the insane New York real estate market has consumed this building, too. [Photo above of Warne Marsh]

In June 1964, CBS's Look up and Live, narrated by Dr. William Hamilton, broadcast from the club, featuring the music of alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh, with Lennie Tristano on piano Sonny Dallas on bass and Nick Stabulas on drums. They performed Subconscious-Lee and 317 East 32nd St., the address of loft space where Tristano once held jam sessions.

At the time of the TV show, Tristano's loft had been replaced two years earlier, in 1962, by the Kips Bay Towers apartment building (above).

Here's Konitz and Marsh on Look Up and Live, or in the case of 317 East 32nd St., Look Up and Cry...

A special thanks to David Langner.

Used with permission by Marc Myers