“I still think of it as a miracle when it works effortlessly[..] ‘Wow, what’s going on!’ I want to exclaim while we’re doing it.” At the age of 86, Lee Konitz has lost nothing of the capacity to surprise, and to be surprised. This promotional video for the newly-released album First Meeting -Live in London Volume 1  (Whirlwind Recordings) also quotes Andy Boeckstaens’ review. Plus we have a copy of the album for LondonJazz newsletter readers  – it’s this week’s prize draw (June 18th).