LEE KONITZ
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Lee Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) 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 notable during this era as one of relatively few alto saxophonists to retain a distinctive style when Charlie Parker exerted a massive influence.
Like other students of Tristano, Konitz 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. Other saxophonists were strongly influenced by Konitz, notably Paul Desmond and Art Pepper.
Konitz was born on October 13, 1927, in Chicago to Jewish parents of Austrian and Russian descent.
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Konitz
Cool Jazz
1954
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An Image
Cool Jazz
1958
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Motion
Cool Jazz
1961
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Sax Duets
Jazz Education
1970
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Spirits
Cool Jazz
1972
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Lone-Lee
Cool Jazz
1975
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Satori
Cool Jazz
1975
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Oleo
Cool Jazz
1975
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Timespan
Cool Jazz
1977
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Nonet
Cool Jazz
1977
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Affinity
Cool Jazz
1977
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Tenorlee
Cool Jazz
1978
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Pride
Cool Jazz
2000
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Deep Lee
Cool Jazz
2008
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Prisma
Third Stream
2018
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Leewise
Cool Jazz
1993
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Thingin
Post Bop
1996
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Live-Lee
Cool Jazz
2003
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Insight
Cool Jazz
2011
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Rhapsody
Cool Jazz
1993
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Move
Cool Jazz
1994
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