Lee Konitz
Born: 13th October 1927, Chicago, Illinois, US
Died: 15th April 2020, Manhattan, New York City, US
Nationality: American
Leon Konitz was an American composer and alto saxophonist.
He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jazz movement of the 1940s and 1950s includes participation in Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool sessions and his work with pianist Lennie Tristano. He was one of relatively few alto saxophonists of this era to retain a distinctive style, when Charlie Parker exerted a massive influence. Like other students of Tristano, Konitz improvised 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.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Konitz
Browse: Lee Konitz
Popular Genres: Lee Konitz
Bebop
Big Band & Swing
Contemporary Jazz
Cool & West Coast
ECM & Scandinavian Jazz
Recent Best Sellers: Lee Konitz
-
Special offer. Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
-
Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
-
Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Next 100 (Pre-1980)
CD: Original price $12.00 Reduced $9.60Download from $8.25 -
-
Special offer. Jakob Bro: Taking Turns
Jakob Bro (guitar), Lee Konitz (saxophone), Bill Frisell (guitar), Jason Moran (piano), Thomas Morgan (double bass), Andrew Cyrille (drums)
CD: Original price $18.75 Reduced $15.00Download from $7.50 -
Special offer. Live at Birdland
Lee Konitz (alto saxophone), Charlie Haden (double bass), Brah Mehldau (piano)
CD: Original price $18.75 Reduced $15.00Download from $8.25 -
Special offer. Angel Song
Kenny Wheeler (trumpet, flugelhorn), Lee Konitz (alto saxophone), Bill Frisell (guitar), Dave Holland (double bass)
-
Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Post-1980)
CD: Original price $18.75 Reduced $15.00Download from $7.50 -
