:''Marshland redirects here. For the suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, see Marshland, New Zealand.''

In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland that is subject to frequent or continuous flood. Typically the water is shallow and features grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, other herbaceous plants, and moss.

Woody plants will be low-growing shrubs. A marsh is different from a swamp, which has a greater proportion of open water surface and may be deeper than a marsh. In North America, the term "swamp" is used for wetland dominated by trees rather than grasses and low herbs.

Associations

Coastal marshes may be associated with estuaries, and are also found along waterways between coastal barrier islands and the inner coast. The estuarine marsh, or tidal marsh, is often based on soils consisting of sandy bottoms or bay muds. An example is the Tantramar Marsh of eastern Canada.

Commercial application

Constructed wetlands feature surface-flow design and are usually in the form of a marsh.

Related phenomena

Decomposition of plant materials below water often produces methane, which may begin to burn by self-ignition making mysterious lights known locally as will o' the wisps, jack-o'-lanterns, or sprites.

See also

Aquatic plant

Bayou

Biodiversity Action Plan

Bog

Fen

Freshwater marsh

Salt marsh

Reference line notes

Marshes of the Lowcountry (South Carolina) -- Beaufort County Library

General Information of Ibera Marshes (in English and Spanish)

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name	Jodie Marsh
gender	female
birth name	Jodie Louise Marsh
birth date	December 23, 1978
birth place	South Weald, Brentwood, Essex, England
spouse	Matt Peacock (2007, divorced)
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Jodie Marsh (born 23 December 1978) is an English media personality and former glamour model. She has appeared topless in many tabloid newspapers and has appeared in her own reality show, ''Totally Jodie Marsh''.

Early life

Jodie Louise Marsh was born to John and Kristina in Brentwood, Essex. She is from a wealthy background (her father runs a building contractors company), and was educated at the independent Brentwood School. She has a brother, Jordan. She first came to prominence in the reality TV programme ''Essex Wives'' in 2002.

Modelling career

At the beginning of her career, Marsh often posed for magazines such as ''FHM'', ''Loaded'', ''Nuts'' and ''Zoo''.

Marsh was a page 3 girl for ''The Sun'' newspaper on six occasions. She also appeared in photo shoots for newspapers ''Daily Star'', ''Daily Sport'' and ''News of the World''.

In June 2009, Marsh appeared on the cover of Zoo magazine. In November 2010, Marsh appeared on a special edition double cover for lads mag ''Zoo Weekly''.

In April 2009, Marsh posed for the UK edition of ''Playboy''.

In April 2011, Jodie Marsh completed a photoshoot for ''Zoo Magazine''. Jodie appeared on the cover of the magazine for a special "3-D" edition of the weekly.

Television, film, and voice appearances

Marsh has also taken part in many reality television shows, including ''Trust Me - I'm A Holiday Rep'', Channel 4's ''The Games'', E4's ''Fool around...with Jodie Marsh'' on two occasions, as a house guest in the short lived Five series ''Back to Reality'' as well as starring in Channel 4's popular show ''Come Dine With Me''.

Marsh had a cameo role in the first episode of Channel 4's Friday night comedy show''The Kevin Bishop Show''.

After competing in ''Celebrity Big Brother'', Marsh appeared on several of their spin off shows including: ''Big Brother's Little Brother'', ''Big Brother's Big Mouth'' and ''Big Brother's EForum''.

In its second UK series, Marsh showed viewers around her home on ''MTV's Cribs'' in 2008.

In 2008, Marsh appeared on Channel 4's documentary ''It's Me or the Dog''. She was given training tips at home to deal with her four dogs.

Marsh appeared as a contestant in Channel Five's reality show ''The All Star Talent Show'', hosted by Myleene Klass and Andi Peters.

Marsh began presenting her own television series, ''Get A Life'' for Living TV on 1 March 2007. It was cancelled after two episodes, due to poor viewing figures.

In October 2008, she appeared on the first episode of ''London Ink' on TV channel Discovery Real Time.

In 2009, Marsh appeared on the popular BBC Three show ''Snog Marry Avoid?'', hosted by Jenny Frost. Marsh came face to face with the computer overhaul device named POD where she received a make-under.

At the end of January 2010, Marsh was featured on ''LA Muscle TV'' in an hour long show called ''6 pack in 4 weeks''. Jodie's work on the show, resulted in a photoshoot for ''Muscle and Fitness'' magazine.

In April 2010, Marsh made her third appearance on ''The Podge and Rodge Show'' in Dublin, Ireland.

On 14 September 2010, Marsh appeared on Channel 4's Celebrity edition of ''Come Dine With Me''. She won £1,000 for her charity.

On 29 September 2010, Marsh appeared in the one-off documentary ''Jodie Marsh Tattoo Apprentice'' which was screened on the channel DMAX.

''Celebrity Big Brother''

In January 2006, Marsh appeared on ''Celebrity Big Brother'' in the UK. On 13 January, Marsh was first to be voted out of the Big Brother house — with 8 out of 10 possible nominations from her fellow housemates, and 42% of the public vote.

''Totally Jodie Marsh''

In May 2007, the website Marry Me Jodie Marsh was launched with the teaser "I'm getting married this September... Only problem is that I don't have a man!". Men were invited to submit an application for a series of open auditions for the chance to marry Marsh that September. MTV filmed the search and subsequent wedding.

The reality series featuring Marsh entitled ''Totally Jodie Marsh: Who'll Take Her Up the Aisle?'', premiered in July 2007 documenting Marsh's search to find a husband. Marsh eventually chose Matt Peacock, an ex-boyfriend of fellow glamour model Jordan.

In the final episode of the show, MTV executives confronted Marsh and Peacock with taped footage of Peacock's audition claiming he and Marsh had been dating for months and living together for three months, contrary to the show's claims. After the MTV executives left the room, Peacock accused Marsh of lying to MTV.

The couple married on 1 September 2007 at Sugar Hut, a nightclub in Brentwood, Essex. A second ceremony in her mother’s back garden was shown on MTV on 2 September 2007. It was later revealed that Marsh had the wedding paid for by sponsors who believed that the wedding was genuine. The couple split up in December 2007. Marsh later admitted to ''Love It'' in their 8 January 2008 issue that ".. the marriage was for TV. It was never for real" and "I'm not hiding the fact I did the TV show for money. Of course I did".

Bodybuilding

In 2009, Marsh was interested in bodybuilding and developed a muscular physique working under a personal trainer.

Writing

In 2005, Marsh published her autobiography ''Keeping It Real''. The hardback was released in 2005, followed by a paperback version in 2006. The hardback version reached the top 10 on the best-sellers list.

Marsh wrote a weekly column for celebrity gossip magazine ''Sneak'' until its closure in August 2006 and was previously ''Zoo Weekly'' magazine's "sexpert", advising men on sex-related issues. Her choice as an agony aunt angered some established professionals. She defended herself against these claims stating, "I haven't exactly got a degree in psychology, but I just love sex, don't I?"

Personal life

In December 2006, Marsh announced her engagement to Brentwood DJ David Doyle, after dating for 11 days. Eschewing the traditional engagement ring, Marsh instead tattooed Doyle's full name on her hand and the couple appeared together in ''OK!'' magazine announcing their plan to marry in a fetish ceremony in a dungeon. The relationship ended between late December and mid-January 2007 with Doyle blaming Marsh's constant drinking and poor personal hygiene. Marsh, however, claimed Doyle had been unfaithful.

Briefly in 2008, Marsh reportedly dated a woman, known as Nina, a hairdresser. In the November issue of the UK edition of ''Star'' magazine, Marsh gave a full interview about their relationship and recreated the iconic ''Vanity Fair'' front cover depicting Cindy Crawford shaving k.d. lang. When asked how she would label her sexuality, Marsh replied that if she had to choose 'I would be bi'.

She is a vegetarian and she participated at the Peta's campaign "All animals have the same parts".

Other controversy

In 2004, Marsh sold a story to the ''News of the World'' claiming that she had a sexual liaison with Chelsea F.C. midfielder Frank Lampard. Lampard denied the claims and filed a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission.

On 24 March 2006, Liberal Democrats education spokesman Phil Willis questioned Schools Minister Jacqui Smith in Parliament as to whether Marsh should be permitted access to schools in promoting her BeatBullying work, describing her blog as "the language of an appalling bully". Smith responded that, "Jodie Marsh does not represent the Department for Education and Skills in any way. Decisions about giving people access to pupils in schools are a matter for individual head teachers and governing bodies." Marsh described Willis as "just a sad, past-it old wannabe trying to get famous off my back." Willis later told the ''Daily Mail'', "I just think we are descending really to the lowest common denominator when we are actually putting people on a pedestal like Jodie Marsh to send into our schools. I think we could find better role models."

On 11 August 2006, Marsh was booed by spectators at the annual Jersey Battle of Flowers Parade where she was a celebrity guest. The combined fee for Marsh and the parade's other celebrity guest, Andy Abraham, was estimated as £20,000. It has been suggested that this expense and the quality of the celebrity it bought contributed to the negative reception, but it was also noted a very small minority of people that were involved in the booing.

On 16 May 2007, Marsh stood atop a giant wedding cake in Leicester Square in London, dressed in a white tutu, with two white belts covering her nipples and carrying a bridal bouquet to promote her upcoming reality series ''Totally Jodie Marsh''.

References

External links

Jodie Marsh Gallery

Jodie Marsh at Playboy UK

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Name	Paul Potts
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Paul Robert Potts
Born	October 13, 1970, Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Genre	Classical, Pop Opera
Occupation	Tenor musician(Formerly employed by Carphone Warehouse)
Years active	2007–present
Label	Syco, Columbia (2007–2010)
Website	paulpottsofficial.com }}

Paul Robert Potts (born 13 October 1970) is an English pop opera tenor who won the first series of ITV's ''Britain's Got Talent'' in 2007, singing an operatic aria, "''Nessun dorma''" from Puccini's "Turandot". As a singer of operatic music, Potts recorded the album ''One Chance'', which went to #1 in nine countries. Prior to winning ''Britain's Got Talent'', Potts was a manager at The Carphone Warehouse and also performed in amateur opera from 1999 to 2003.

Early life

Potts was born in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England and raised in Fishponds, Bristol, by his father Roland, a bus driver, and mother, Yvonne (''née'' Higgins), a supermarket cashier. He has two brothers and one sister. Potts attended St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, where he developed his love of singing. He also sang with the choir at Chester Park Junior School and with the choirs at several Bristol churches, including Christ Church. Potts said in interviews that he had been bullied in school, and that experience may have made him lack self-confidence. He has also said that his voice had always been a source of solace in the past when he was bullied.

He earned an Honours degree in 1993 from University College Plymouth St Mark & St John, majoring in Humanities. In 1996, Potts was elected the youngest member of Bristol City Council; a Liberal Democrat, he served until 2003. Potts was a manager at mobile phone store Carphone Warehouse in Bridgend and lived in Port Talbot. After winning ''Britain's Got Talent'', Potts took a six-month sabbatical from his job and resigned on 5 March 2008.

Singing career

Potts first sang opera in the minor roles of ''The Prince of Persia'' and the Herald in Puccini's ''Turandot'' for the Bath Opera, an amateur company, in 1999. He then performed leading roles on four occasions: Don Basilio in Mozart's ''Marriage of Figaro'' in 2000; Don Carlos in Verdi's ''Don Carlos'' in 2001; Don Ottavio in Mozart's ''Don Giovanni'' in 2003; and Radames in Verdi's ''Aida'' in 2003. He also performed the role of the Chevalier des Grieux in Puccini's ''Manon Lescaut'' for the Southgate Opera Company in London, an amateur company, in May 2003. Additionally, he sang with a small ensemble from the Royal Philharmonic in front of an audience of 15,000 and toured northern Italy as a soloist as part of his music classes there.

In several interviews, Potts revealed that he performed ''Aida'' despite doctors' wishes to remove an adrenal tumour they had discovered during his illness from a burst appendix, and shortly after the tumour surgery performed ''Manon Lescaut'' . Potts broke his collarbone and suffered whiplash in a bicycle accident in 2003. The mishap and financial difficulties that followed led him to enter ''Britain's Got Talent'' despite not having sung in years.

He also participated in the soundtrack of epic Korean drama ''Queen Seondeok (TV series)'', singing two major characters', ''Deokman'' and ''Yushin'''s love theme "Passo Dopo Passo" in Italian, meaning "Step by Step". He has also performed a duet with world famous soprano, Hayley Westenra, ''Sei Con Me'', featured in his album ''Passione''.

''Britain's Got Talent''

Potts auditioned for Simon Cowell's new talent show ''Britain's Got Talent'' at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 17 March 2007. The audition was televised on ITV1 in the UK on 9 June 2007. Potts sang the full rendition of Giacomo Puccini's "Nessun dorma", which was condensed for broadcast, and he received a standing ovation from the audience of 2,000 people.

In the semi-final on 14 June 2007, Potts performed the main verses of Andrea Bocelli's "''Time To Say Goodbye''". He progressed to the final after receiving the highest public vote in that show. He performed "''Nessun dorma''" again for his finale on 17 June 2007, as well as an encore after he won the competition. Potts defeated the bookmakers co-favourite Connie Talbot, and received the highest percentage of two million votes cast to win £100,000, and the honour to perform at the ''Royal Variety Performance'' on 3 December 2007, in front of Queen Elizabeth II. His version of "Nessun Dorma" on ''Britain's Got Talent'' has over 100 million combined views on YouTube.

Doubts over amateur status

''The Sun'' newspaper received complaints following allegations that Potts had been "coached by Pavarotti". There was anger that he was portrayed on ''Britain's Got Talent'' as a simple mobile-phone salesman, whereas he had in fact appeared in six amateur opera productions and in a concert for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and had plans for a summer tour with that orchestra. Potts responded that he had not claimed to be completely untutored, only that he had never performed any concert for pay and was therefore an amateur. He also said that the Pavarotti masterclass he attended in Italy was paid for from his own savings and was a single masterclass, not regular coaching.

Post-BGT career

In the United States, he was profiled on a National Public Radio programme called ''Day to Day'', and appeared live on NBC's programme ''Today''.

In July 2007, Potts performed his rendition of "''Nessun dorma''" at a Katherine Jenkins concert at Margam Park. On 16 July 2007, his debut album ''One Chance'' was released in the UK, and claimed the #1 spot in the UK Album Chart the following week. In December 2007, Prime Minister Gordon Brown presented Potts with a platinum disc for having sold 2,000,000 copies of his album.

On 13 December 2007, he performed in Leipzig in the live television broadcast of the 13th annual José Carreras Gala, accompanied by the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg under the direction of Scott Lawton. In January he began his concert series of 97 concerts in 85 cities across 23 countries; this ended on 12 November. This included three outdoor classical music concerts with the Finnish violinist Linda Brava and the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra at Sofiero Palace, Sundbyholms Castle and Slottskogsvallen from 24 to 26 July. In the semi-finals of the 2009 series of Britain's Got Talent, Potts appeared in a comeback performance.

International celebrity

Potts was invited to appear on the ''Oprah Winfrey Show'' whose topic was YouTube, because clips of his performances had been viewed by millions there; as of April 2009, his first appearance on Britain's Got Talent was the fourth most viewed YouTube video in the UK. On 24 November 2007, Potts was interviewed on the National Public Radio programme ''Weekend Edition''. On 15 August 2008, he performed before the German football season opener match between Bayern Munich and Hamburger SV in front of 69,000 visitors as well as on 2 September 2008 during the farewell game for Oliver Kahn.

In July 2008, Deutsche Telekom began using a TV and cinema advertisement centred on his ''Britain's Got Talent'' performance. In August 2008, he did a now famous duet with Daniel Powter on the Wolfbaggin' Tour. In October 2008, Paul Potts sang in Japanese TV advertisements for Ryukakusan Direct throat medicine manufactured by Ryukakusan. Potts received two nominations at the Echo Awards 2009 in Germany: Best International Male Artist and Album of the Year. He won the 2009 Echo Award for Best International Male Artist on 21 February 2009. On 22 April 2009, Potts was the guest co-host on the Australian television programme ''The Morning Show'' with Kylie Gillies. Expanding his talent to the online world, Paul Potts recently performed an exclusive in studio performance for AOL Sessions. He collaborated with Swedish singer ''Carola Häggkvist'' on her Christmas album ''Christmas in Bethlehem'', singing the "O Holy Night.". Potts has appeared twice on the popular Korean Talent TV show "Star King", first in 2008 and once again in 2010.

Potts was spotted in Toronto on 10 November 2010 performing a "flash opera" at the Union Subway Station to a moderately-sized crowd and finished to loud applause.

Financial

As of May 2009 he had assets of £5 million. 

Personal life

Potts has been married since May 2003 to Julie-Ann (née Cooper) whom he met in an Internet chat room. They met in person for the first time at Swansea railway station in February 2001. She had the upper hand at this "first meeting" as she had a photograph of Potts, but he had no idea what she looked like. Since becoming famous Potts has moved house, but continues to live in Port Talbot.

Discography

Studio albums

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2007	style="text-align:left;"			* Released: 16 July 2007	Syco, Columbia Records>Columbia	1	1	1	1	1	—	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	9	23		* UK: 2× platinum	* SWE: 3× platinum	* GER: 5× platinum	* NZ: 3× platinum	* AUS: 2× platinum		* GER: 1,000,000+	* UK: 680,000+	* AUS: 140,000+	* SWE: 120,000+
2009	style="text-align:left;"			* Released: 1 June 2009	* Label: Syco, Columbia	5	—	—	5	4	—	6	6	1	3	9	5	9	20	33				* SWE: Gold	* NZ: Gold	Taiwan>TAI: Platinum		* SWE: 20,000	* US: 16,000+	* NZ: 7,500+
2010				* Released: 15 October 2010 (Germany)	* Label: Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH	—	—	—	9	65	1	—	—	—	40	—	—	—	—	—

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions						Album
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2007		100	12	2	2	13	52

The song "Nessun Dorma" got the 19th best-selling single of 2008 in Germany and was certified as Gold for selling more than 150,000 copies.

References

External links

Paul Potts at Sony BMG

Paul Potts biography from BBC Wales

Paul Potts interview on The Hour

Paul Potts Official site.

Paul Potts on Avex Taiwan

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Name	One Chance
Background	group_or_band
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genre	R&B;
Years active	2005–present
Label	US/J (2005–2009)Infrared/Nappy Boy (2009-Present)
Website
Current members	Rob BrentJon GordonMichael GordonCourtney Vantrease
Past members	}}

One Chance is an R&B; vocal group based in Chicago, best known for their 2006 song "Look at Her", which peaked at number 53 on the ''Billboard'' R&B; chart.

Biography

A four-member R&B; group from Chicago, One Chance consists of Rob Brent, Courtney Vantrease, and brothers Jon Gordon and Michael Gordon. The group got their break when they performed for Usher, who then signed them to his label, US Records. Originally a quintet, the group's debut was on the 2005 soundtrack for ''In the Mix'', with the songs "That's My Word" and "Could This Be Love".

Their first single released was "That's My Word" (a fifth member who subsequently left the group can be seen in its video). In 2006, their single "Look at Her" reached number 53 on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "U Can't", released in March 2008, peaked at number 73 on the ''Billboard'' R&B; songs chart.

Originally slated for release in late 2006, their debut album, ''Private'', was repeatedly pushed back and eventually shelved, and the group was dropped by US Records. The group's debut album is now planned to be self-titled.

In June 2009, they signed with Infrared Entertainment, a music production and artist development company, then in September 2009, with T-Pain's Nappy Boy Entertainment imprint.

On September 23, 2010, the group released their newest single, "Sexin' on You", from an anticipated upcoming album expected to be released in 2011.

Discography

Albums

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Shelved

Label: US/J

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"That's My Word"

"Look at Her"

|- |2011 |''Ain't No Room For Talkin'''

Mixtape

Label: Infrared/Nappy Boy

|

"Sexin' On You"

"Ditto"

"Rewind"

|}

Mixtapes

2011: ''Ain't No Room For Talkin''

Singles

!Year	Song	!width="30"	!Album
	"That's My Word/Could This Be Love"		align="center"
	"My Word"
	"U Can't" (feat. Yung Joc)
	"Sexin' On You"
	"Ditto"

Guest appearances

Title	Year	Album
"Imma Do It Big"(Brandon T. Jackson featuring One Chance & T-Pain)		''Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son OST''

References

External links

Category:American rhythm and blues musical groups

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name	Lee Konitz
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Lee Konitz
birth date	October 13, 1927
origin	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
instrument	Alto saxophone
genre	JazzCool jazz
occupation	Saxophonist, Composer
label	RCA Red SealAtlantic RecordsVerve RecordsPrestige Records Palmetto Records
associated acts	Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Jim Hall, Elvin Jones, Lennie Tristano, Warne Marsh, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden
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Lee Konitz (born October 13, 1927) is an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist born in Chicago, Illinois.

Generally considered one of the driving forces of Cool Jazz, Konitz has also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings. Konitz was one of the few altoists to retain a distinctive sound in the 40s, 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' epochal ''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 from a wide variety of jazz styles.

Life and career

Konitz was born in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. At age eight Konitz received his first instrument—a clarinet—but later dropped the instrument in favor of the tenor saxophone.

Konitz eventually moved from tenor to alto. His greatest influences at the time were the swing big bands he and his brother listened to on the radio, in particular Benny Goodman. Hearing Goodman on the radio is actually what prodded him to ask for a clarinet. On the saxophone he recalls improvising before ever learning to play any standards.

Konitz began his professional career in 1945 with the Teddy Powell band as a replacement for Charlie Ventura. The engagement apparently did not start out smoothly, as Ventura is said to have banged his head against a wall when Konitz played. A month later the band parted ways. Between 1945 and 1947 he worked off and on with Jerry Wald. In 1946 he first met pianist Lennie Tristano and worked in a small cocktail bar with him. His next substantial work was done with Claude Thornhill in 1947, with Gil Evans arranging and Gerry Mulligan as a composer in most part.

In 1949 he teamed up with the Miles Davis group for one or two weeks and again in 1950 to record ''Birth of the Cool''. Konitz has stated that he considered the group to belong to Gerry Mulligan, and credits Lennie Tristano as the true forebearer of "the cool". His debut as leader also came in 1949, with the release of ''Subconscious-Lee'' on Prestige Records. He also turned down an opportunity to work with Benny Goodman that same year—a decision he is on record as regretting.

In the early 1950s, Konitz recorded and toured with Stan Kenton's orchestra. In 1961, he recorded ''Motion'' with Elvin Jones on drums and Sonny Dallas on bass. This spontaneous session, widely regarded as a classic, consisted entirely of standards. The loose trio format aptly featured Konitz's unorthodox phrasing and chromaticism.

Charlie Parker lent him support on the day Konitz's child was being born in Seattle, Washington with him stuck in New York City. The two were actually good friends, and not the rivals some jazz critics once made them out to be. He has also had problems with his heart which he has received surgery for in the past.

In 1967, Konitz recorded ''The Lee Konitz Duets'', a series of duets with various musicians. The duo configurations were often unusual for the period (saxophone and trombone, two saxophones). The recordings drew on very nearly the entire history of jazz, from Louis Armstrong's "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" with valve trombonist Marshall Brown to two completely free duos: one with a Duke Ellington associate, violinist Ray Nance, and one with guitarist Jim Hall.

Konitz contributed to the film score for ''Desperate Characters'' (1971).

Konitz has been quite prolific, recording dozens of albums as a band leader. He has also recorded or performed with Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Elvin Jones and others. Amongst his latest recordings are a pair of trio dates with Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden released on Blue Note as well a live album recorded in 2009 at Birdland and released by ECM in 2011 featuring the same lineup with the addition of drummer Paul Motian.

Konitz has become more experimental as he has grown older, and has released a number of free and avant-garde jazz albums, playing alongside many far younger musicians. He has released albums on contemporary free jazz/improv labels such as hatART, Soul Note, Omnitone and the aforementioned ECM.

He was scheduled to appear at Melbourne's Recital Centre as a key attraction of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. However he fell ill causing the last minute cancellation of the performance.

Discography

As leader

1949-50: ''With Tristano, Marsh and Bauer'' (Prestige)

1953: ''Konitz Meets Mulligan'' (With Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker) (Pacific)

1954: ''Konitz'' (Storyville)

1954: ''Jazz At Storyville'' (Storyville)

1954: ''In Harvard Square'' (Storyville)

1954: ''Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh'' (Atlantic)

1956: ''Lee Konitz Featuring Hans Koller, Lars Gullin, Roland Kovac'' (Swingtime)

1956: ''Inside Hi-Fi'' (Atlantic)

1957: ''Tranquility'' (Verve)

1957: ''The Real Lee Konitz'' (Atlantic)

1958: ''Very Cool'' (Verve)

1958: ''An Image: Lee Konitz with Strings'' (Verve)

1959: ''Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre'' (Verve)

1959: ''You and Lee'' (Verve)

1961: ''Motion'' (Verve)

1965: '' Trio and Quartet'' (Magnetic)

1966: ''Modern Jazz Compositions from Haiti'' (Impulse!)

1967: ''The Lee Konitz Duets'' (Milestone: OJC)

1968: ''Impressive Rome'' (CAM)

1968: ''European Episode'' (CAM)

1969: ''Peacemeal'' (Milestone)

1970: ''Lee Konitz Sax Duets'' (Music Minus One)

1971: ''Spirits'' (Milestone: OJC)

1974: ''Jazz A Juan'' (SteepleChase)

1974: ''Satori'' (Milestone: OJC)

1974: ''Lone-Lee'' (SteepleChase)

1974: ''I Concentrate on You (A Tribute to Cole Porter)'' (SteepleChase)

1975: Warne Marsh Quintet: ''Jazz Exchange'' (Storyville)

1975: Hal Galper: ''Windows'' (SteepleChase)

1975: Trio: ''Oleo'' (Sonet)

1975: ''Chicago 'n' All That Jazz'' (Denon: LaserLight)

1976: ''Lee Konitz Meets Warne Marsh Again'' (PAUSA)

1976: ''Figure and Spirit'' (Progressive)

1977: ''The Lee Konitz Quintet'' (Chiaroscuro Records)

1977: ''The Lee Konitz Nonet ''(Chiaroscuro)

1977: ''Tenorlee'' (Candid)

1977: ''Pyramid'' (Improvising Artists)

1979: ''Seasons Change'' (Circle Records (Germany), with Karl Berger)

1979 Nonet: ''Live at Laren'' (Soul Note)

1979: ''Yes, Yes Nonet'' (Steeple Chase)

1980: Martial Solal: ''Live at the Berlin Jazz Days'' (MPS)

1980: ''Heroes'' (Verve)

1980: ''Anti-heroes'' (Verve)

1982: ''Toot Sweet'' (Owl)

1983: Glad, Koonix! (Dragon)

1983: Martial Solal: Star Eyes, Hamburg 1983 (HatOLOGY)

1983: ''Dovetail'' (Sunnyside)

1983: Dedicated To Lee: Lee Konitz Plays The Music of Lars Gullin (Dragon)

1983: Art of the Duo (Enja)

1984: Wild as Springtime (GFM)

1986: Quartet: Ideal Scene (Soul Note)

1986: ''Medium Rare'' (Label Bleu)

1987: Quartet: The New York Album (Soul Note)

1988: ''The Space Jazz Trio: Blew'' (Philology)

1988: ''Solitudes'' (Philology)

1989: ''In Rio '' (MA)

1989: '' Konitz in Denmark (Rightone)

1989: '' Round and Round'' (Music Masters)

1990: ''Frank Wunsch Quartet: S'Nice (Nabel)

1990: ''Zounds'' (Soul Note)

1990: '' Once Upon a Line (Musidisc)

1991: ''Lars Sjosten Quartet: Friends (Dragon)

1991: '' Lullaby of Birdland (Candid)

1992: ''The Jazzpar All Star Nonet: Leewise (Storyville)

1992: ''Jazz Nocturne'' (Evidence)

1992: ''Lunasea (Soul Note)

1992: '' From Newport to Nice (Philology)

1992: '' Frank-Lee Speaking (West Wind)

1993: '' Rhapsody'' (Evidence)

1993: ''Renato Sellani: Speakin' Lowly, Volume 1 (Philology)

1993: '' So Many Stars (Philology)

1993: '' Rhapsody II (Evidence)

1993: '' Italian Ballads, Volume1 (Philology)

1993: '' Brazilian Rhapsody (BMG: Music Masters)

1994: Orchestra Il Suono Improvviso: A Venezia (Philology)

1994: ''Swiss Kiss'' (TCB)

1995: ''Haiku'' (Nabel)

1995: ''Umberto Petrin: Breaths and Whispers (Homage to Alexandr Skrjabin) (Philology)

1995: '' John Pl Indreberg: Step Towards a Dream (Odin)

1995: '' Don Friedman: Attila Zoller: Thingin' (HatOLOGY)

1995: '' Move'' (Moon)

1995: '' Free with Lee''(Philology)

1996: '' Alone Together'' (Blue Note)

1996: ''Live at the Manhattan Jazz Club'' (GAM)

1996: Guarana (AxolOtl Jazz)

1996: Unaccompanied Live in Yokohama (PSF)

1996: Strings for Holiday: A Tribute To Billie Holiday (Enja)

1996: Lee Konitz Meets Don Friedman (Camerata)

1996: ''It's You'' (SteepleChase)

1997: Twelve Gershwin in Twelve Keys (Philology)

1997: Out of Nowhere (SteepleChase)

1997: The Frankfurt Concert (West Wind)

1997: Dearly Beloved (SteepleChase)

1997: ''Body and Soul'' (Camerata)

1998: Saxophone Dreams (Koch)

1998: Inside Cole Porter (Philology)

1998: L'Age Mur (Philology)

1998: Tender Lee (for Chet) (Philology)

1998: ''Self Portrait'' (Philology)

1998: ''Dialogues'' (Challenge)

1999: ''Dig-It'' (SteepleChase)

1999: Three Guys (Enja)

1999: Trio: Another Shade of Blue (Blue Note)

2000: The Axis Quartet: Play French Impressionist Music from the Turn of the Twentieth Century (Palmetto)

2000: rich Perry: RichLee! (SteepleChase)

2000 Quartet: Sound of Surprise (RCA Victor)

2000: Pride (SteepleChase)

2001: Franco D'Andrea: Inside Rodgers (Philology)

2001: Renato Sellani: Minority, Volume 2: All The Way (The Soft Ways) (Philology)

2001 Trio: Some New Stuff (DIW)

2001 Quintet: ''Parallels'' (Chesky)

2002: Matt Wilson: Gong with Wind Suite (Steeplechase)

2002: Irio De Paula: Duas Contas (Philology)

2002: Barbara Casini: Outra Vez (Philology)

2002: At the New Mississippi Jazz Club (Philology)

2003: Live-Lee (Milestone)

2003: Stephano Bollani: Suite for Paolo (Philology)

2003: Kenny Werner: Unleemited (Owl)

2003: A Day in Florence (Philology)

2004: BargaLee (Philology)

2004: Sound-Lee (Membran International)

2004: One Day With Lee (Capri)

2006: Ohad Talmor String Project: ''Inventions''(OmniTone)

2006: New Nonet (directed by Ohad Talmor) (OmniTone)

2007: Riccardo Arrighini: The Soprano Sax Album: Standards (Philology)

2007: Brian Dickenson: The Glen Gould Session (Philology)

2007: Ohad Talmor Big Band: Portology(featuring the Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos) (OmniTone)

2008: Lee Konitz & Minsarah: Deep Lee (Featuring Jeff Denson, Florian weber, Ziv Ravitz) (ENJA)

2009: Lee Konitz / Dan Tepfer: Duos with Lee (Sunnyside)

2009: Lee Konitz New quartet: Live at the village Vanguard (Featuring Jeff Denson, Florian weber, Ziv Ravitz) (ENJA)

2011: Lee Konitz/Brad Mehldau/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: Live at Birdland (ECM)

As sideman

With Stan Kenton

''City Of Glass''

''This Modern World''

''New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm''

''Sketches On Standards''

''Portraits On Standards''

''Kenton Showcase''

With Gerry Mulligan

''Lee Konitz And The Gerry Mulligan Quartet''

''Lee Konitz Plays With The Gerry Mulligan Quartet''

With Miles Davis

''Birth of the Cool'' (1949)

''Miles Ahead'' (1957)

With Bill Evans

''Crosscurrents'' (1977)

With Gil Evans

''Gil Evans & Ten'' (1957)

With Max Roach

''It's Christmas Again'' (Soul Note, 1984)

With Lennie Tristano

''Lennie Tristano'' (1956)

With others

1947 - Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra: ''The Uncollected Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra'' (Hindsight)

1949 - Lennie Tristano/Warne Marsh: ''Intuition'' (Capitol)

1968 - Attila Zoller: ''Zo-Ko-Ma'' (MPS Records)

1972 - Charles Mingus: ''Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert'' (Columbia)

2006 - Francois Théberge: ''Soliloque'' (Effendi Records)

2009 - Jakob Bro: ''Balladeering'' (Loveland Records)

With Arkadia Jazz All Stars

''Thank You, Gerry!''

With Kenny Wheeler

''Angel Song''

Television appearances

''SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions (2004)

''Weightless - a recording session with Jakob Bro (2009)

Public television series in the late 50"s with Warne Marsh,Billy Taylor, Bill Evans,Mundell Lowe and others.

Further reading

Andy Hamilton: *Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art* (University of Michigan Press, 2007).

Crafted out of numerous interviews between the author and his subject, the book offers a unique account of Konitz’s life and music, detailing his own insights into his musical education and his experiences with such figures as Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, Warne Marsh, Lennie Tristano, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell and Bill Evans.

Compositions

Lee Konitz's compositions included "Subconscious-Lee", "Thingin'", "Sound-Lee", "Palo Alto", "Kary's Trance", "Riffin'", "Self Portrait in Blues", "Back and Forth", "Figure and Spirit", "Ice Cream Konitz", "Dream Stepper", "Without You Man", "Rebecca", "Mr. 88", "Hi Beck", "Tautology", "Sax of a Kind", "Progression", and "Gundula".

References

External links

A 1985 interview

Lee Konitz: 12 Memorable Duets by Thierry Quénum (Jazz.com)

Lee Konitz Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard by ''NPR''

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