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Lee Konitz Quartet at Jazz at Kitano

Courtesy of InstantSeats | Posted on May 6, 2018

Where

Jazz at Kitano
66 Park Avenue
New York, NY
Map
212-885-7125

When

Fri, June 1, 2018
8:00 PM

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Musicians

Lee Konitz
saxophone, alto

About

Lee Konitz has 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....

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