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Lee Konitz
Biography
Lee Konitz (born October 13, 1927) is an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist who was born in Chicago, Illinois. Generally considered one of the main figures in the cool jazz movement, Konitz has also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings. Konitz was one of the few altoists to retain a distinctive sound when Charlie Parker exercised a tremendous influence on other players. Konitz, like other students of pianist and theoretician Lennie Tristano, was noted for improvising long, melodic lines with the rhythmic interest coming from odd accents, or odd note groupings suggestive of the imposition of one time signature over another. Paul Desmond and, especially, Art Pepper were strongly influenced by Konitz. Konitz's association with the cool jazz movement of the 1940s and 50s, includes participation in Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool sessions, and his work with Lennie Tristano came from the same period. During his long career, Konitz has played with musicians...
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Discography
- Another Shade of Blue, 1999
- Conception, 1991
- Inside Cole Porter, 1996
- In Harvard Square, 1996
- Wild as Springtime (feat. Harold Danko), 1997
- Dovetail
- Inside Hi-Fi, 1957
- Strings for Holiday, 1996
- Timespan, 1977
- Ezz-Thetic, 2006
- High Jingo, 1982
- Together Again
- New Nonet, 2006
- Heroes, 1980
- At Storyville, 1988
- Konitz Meets Mulligan, 1988
- The Lee Konitz Duets, 1997
- Lee Konitz in Rio, 1989
- Subconscious-Lee, 2006
- Play the Arrangements of Jimmy Giuffre
- Alone Together, 1997
- Motion
- Worth While Konitz, 1972
- Dialogues
- Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh
- Live at Birdland, 2011
- Duos with Lee, 2009
- Lee Konitz meets Keith Jarrett, Chet Baker & Bill Evans: Live in Europe, 1965
- Round & Round, 1989
- Live-Lee
- From Newport to Nice, 1992
- Lone-Lee
- Spirits
- Satori
- Live in Oslo, 2007
- Ashiya, 2007
- Art of the Duo, 1989
- Tenorlee, 1977
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| Song | For Hans |
| Artist | Lee Konitz |
| Album | Parallels |
| Label | Chesky Records |
| Year | 2001 |
| Song | L.T. |
| Artist | Lee Konitz |
| Album | Parallels |
| Label | Chesky Records |
| Year | 2001 |
| Song | Unleemited |
| Artist | Lee Konitz |
| Album | Unleemited |
| Label | Universal Music |
| Year | 1994 |
| Song | Past Present |
| Artist | Lee Konitz |
| Album | Angel Song |
| Label | ECM Records |
| Year | 1997 |
| Song | Subconscious Lee |
| Artist | Lee Konitz |
| Album | Parallels |
| Label | Chesky Records |
| Year | 2001 |
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- YouTube Bill Evans Lee Konitz My Melancholy Baby cazhareketi 8:55
- YouTube Lee Konitz New 4tet Jazzwoche Burghausen 2012 63:33
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On the ABC
- Monday, 16th August, 1999 {Lee Konitz} + The Planet + 16/08/1999
- Radio National - The Weekend Planet
- The Weekend Planet
- Jazz Up Late with Gerry Koster
- Friday, 6th July 2001 {Michael Brecker/ Lee Konitz} - The ...
- The Weekend Planet - 29 May 2011 - Lee Konitz :Live at ...
- Jazz Up Late: Friday 13 May 2011
- Melisma - 14/01/01: 14 January, 2001
- The Planet - 6 July 2001 - Friday, 6th July 2001 {Michael ...
- The Planet - 16 August 1999 - Monday, 16th August, 1999 {Lee ...
Elsewhere on the Web
- Lee Konitz Albums - Yahoo! Music
- Friend Lee | Lee Konitz Song - Yahoo! Music
- Lee Konitz Quartet | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos, Videos
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