- published: 29 Aug 2012
- views: 8290
48:09
Lee Konitz - At Storyville 1954 (full album)
from album ''Lee Konitz - At Storyville'' (Storyville Black Lion)
00:00 A1 - Hi Beck (i...
published: 29 Aug 2012
Lee Konitz - At Storyville 1954 (full album)
from album ''Lee Konitz - At Storyville'' (Storyville Black Lion)
00:00 A1 - Hi Beck (introduction by John Mclelland)
08:23 A2 - If I Had You
19:45 A3 - Subconscious Lee
25:22 B1 - Sound-Lee
31:59 B2 - Foolin' Myself
37:57 B3 - Ablution (introduction by John Mclelland)
43:24 B4 - These Foolish Things
*recorded at the Storyville Club in the
Copley Square Hotel, Boston, 5th January 1954
Lee Konitz - as
Ronnie Ball - p
Percy Heath - b
Alan Levitt - dr
- published: 29 Aug 2012
- views: 8290
8:55
Bill Evans Lee Konitz - My Melancholy Baby #cazhareketi
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Bill Evans Lee Konitz - My Melancholy Baby
Piano- Bill Evans
A...
published: 23 Apr 2009
Bill Evans Lee Konitz - My Melancholy Baby #cazhareketi
www.twitter.com/cazhareketi
Bill Evans Lee Konitz - My Melancholy Baby
Piano- Bill Evans
Alto Sax- Lee Konitz
Bass-Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Drums- Alan Dawson
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LP.
- published: 23 Apr 2009
- views: 95415
63:33
Lee Konitz New 4tet - Jazzwoche Burghausen [2012]
01. Play, Fiddle, Play / Kary's Trance 00:00 / 02. All The Things You Are / Thinging 11:22...
published: 01 Nov 2012
Lee Konitz New 4tet - Jazzwoche Burghausen [2012]
01. Play, Fiddle, Play / Kary's Trance 00:00 / 02. All The Things You Are / Thinging 11:22 / 03. Alone Together 21:38 / 04. Solar (Solarity) 31:20 / 5. What Is This Thing Called Love / Subconscious-Lee 47:26 / 06. Body and Soul 55:29
43. Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen, Wackerhalle, Germany, March 15, 2012
Lee Konitz - Alto Sax
Florian Weber - Piano
Jeff Denson - Bass
Ziv Ravitz - Drums
- published: 01 Nov 2012
- views: 3032
9:16
Lee Konitz and Chick Corea (1981) - Stella by Starlight (DVD + CDA, custom)
Lee Konitz is one of my all-time favourite jazz musicians. His interpretations and improvs...
published: 06 Jan 2012
Lee Konitz and Chick Corea (1981) - Stella by Starlight (DVD + CDA, custom)
Lee Konitz is one of my all-time favourite jazz musicians. His interpretations and improvs are highly intelligent, very subtle, almost painfully intimate at times. Konitz has a truly original artistic voice and uncompromising vision on par with more widely known jazz giants. One must admit that Chick Corea is also still young, quite potent and surprisingly responsive in here. "Stella by Starlight" is a popular jazz standard, in due times played, for example, by Miles Davis or Chet Baker, Bill Evans or Keith Jarreth and many others.
This particular live performance was recorded on September the 19th, 1981, at Woodstock Jazz Festival, New York. The original track is about 16 minutes long, but unfortunately the video was brutally cut to about 8 minutes on the DVD that I own. There wasn't enough footage for the whole composition and it turned out that there were also some parts missing in the middle. The sound quality on the DVD was quite mediocre. So I've mixed DVD-video with CD-audio in the best way I could. Enjoy!
- published: 06 Jan 2012
- views: 9006
23:00
Lee Konitz: Bird Lives at Jack Kleinsingers Highlights in Jazz
http://www.highlightsinjazz.org presents Lee Konitz, performing at the April 8, 1973 Highl...
published: 15 Feb 2012
Lee Konitz: Bird Lives at Jack Kleinsingers Highlights in Jazz
http://www.highlightsinjazz.org presents Lee Konitz, performing at the April 8, 1973 Highlights in Jazz Tribute to Charlie Parker presented by Jack Kleinsinger featuring Mr. Konitz on alto, Cecil Payne on baritone sax, Howard McGhee and Jimmy Owens on trumpet, bebop vocalist Joe Carroll, Ted Dunbar on guitar, Richard Davis on bass, and Bernard Purdie on drums.
- published: 15 Feb 2012
- views: 16892
6:17
Lee Konitz Quartet - Kary's Trance
Lee Konitz Quartet - Kary's Trance (1956)
Personnel: Lee Konitz (alto sax, tenor sax), ...
published: 26 Aug 2012
Lee Konitz Quartet - Kary's Trance
Lee Konitz Quartet - Kary's Trance (1956)
Personnel: Lee Konitz (alto sax, tenor sax), Billy Bauer (guitar), Arnold Fishkin (bass), Dick Scott (drums)
from the album 'INSIDE HI-FI' (Atlantic Records)
- published: 26 Aug 2012
- views: 2595
4:31
*How to Play Jazz Lesson* LEE KONITZ on what you hear while playing JAZZHEAVEN.COM Lesson Excerpt
Go to http://JazzHeaven.com/lee for more FREE Lee Konitz Videos! This was an excerpt of th...
published: 20 Jul 2012
*How to Play Jazz Lesson* LEE KONITZ on what you hear while playing JAZZHEAVEN.COM Lesson Excerpt
Go to http://JazzHeaven.com/lee for more FREE Lee Konitz Videos! This was an excerpt of the Interview part of the Lee Konitz Jazz Improvisation Lesson/Masterclass video/DVD entitled "Talking & Playing".
Jam-packed Jazz Improvisation Lessons: 90-min Lesson, 60-min Interview, Duo Performances with pianist Dan Tepfer (also the interviewer here) and more.
Get a rare look behind the scenes of this master jazz improviser - and experience six (!) decades of Jazz History.
Click on http://JazzHeaven.com - other killer jazz improvisation instructional videos for all instruments with Kenny Werner, Jean-Michel Pilc, Walt Weiskopf, Vince Herring, Jerry Bergonzi and MORE.
(Plus jazz instructional videos with MANY other great jazz artists like Oz Noy, Eric Harland, Ralph Peterson, Ari Hoenig, Lage Lund, Gilad Hekselman, Ingrid Jensen, Geoffrey Keezer, Enrico Pieranunzi & more.)
Go to http://JazzHeaven.com to check out the madness!
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.
Like other students of pianist and theoretician Lennie Tristano, he 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.
His 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.
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.
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 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.
- published: 20 Jul 2012
- views: 1443
9:46
Lee Konitz - Cherokee
One of the most individual of all alto saxophone players,
the cool-toned LEE KONITZ has a...
published: 18 Jun 2012
Lee Konitz - Cherokee
One of the most individual of all alto saxophone players,
the cool-toned LEE KONITZ has always had a strong musical
curiosity that has led him to consistently take chances
and stretch himself, usually quite successfully.
- published: 18 Jun 2012
- views: 4495
4:37
*Jazz Lessons* Lee Konitz on his Development: *Charlie Parker* School vs. *Lenny Tristano* School
Go to http://JazzHeaven.com/lee for more FREE Lee Konitz Videos! This was an excerpt of th...
published: 28 Sep 2012
*Jazz Lessons* Lee Konitz on his Development: *Charlie Parker* School vs. *Lenny Tristano* School
Go to http://JazzHeaven.com/lee for more FREE Lee Konitz Videos! This was an excerpt of the Interview part of the Lee Konitz Jazz Lessons/Masterclass video/DVD entitled "Talking & Playing".
Jam-packed Jazz Improvisation Lessons: 90-min Lesson, 60-min Interview, Duo Performances with pianist Dan Tepfer (also the interviewer here) and more.
Get a rare look behind the scenes of this master jazz improviser - and experience six (!) decades of Jazz History.
Click on http://JazzHeaven.com - other killer jazz improvisation instructional videos for all instruments with Kenny Werner, Jean-Michel Pilc, Walt Weiskopf, Vince Herring, Jerry Bergonzi and MORE.
(Plus jazz instructional videos with MANY other great jazz artists like Oz Noy, Eric Harland, Ralph Peterson, Ari Hoenig, Lage Lund, Gilad Hekselman, Ingrid Jensen, Geoffrey Keezer, Enrico Pieranunzi & more.)
Go to http://JazzHeaven.com to check out the madness!
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.
Like other students of pianist and theoretician Lennie Tristano, he 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.
His 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.
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.
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 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.
Hope you enjoyed this video with Lee Konitz Jazz Lessons
- published: 28 Sep 2012
- views: 791
50:25
Lee Konitz & Minsarah on Mediawave Fest 2009
Lee Konitz & Minsarah on Mediawave Fest, 2009 in Győr (Raab), Hungary took place in an ol...
published: 24 Nov 2012
Lee Konitz & Minsarah on Mediawave Fest 2009
Lee Konitz & Minsarah on Mediawave Fest, 2009 in Győr (Raab), Hungary took place in an old synagogue.
Florian Weber (piano), Jeff Denson (bass), Ziv Ravitz (drums)
- published: 24 Nov 2012
- views: 149
8:11
"All the Things You Are" Changes - LEE KONITZ Jazz Improvisation Video JazzHeaven.com Excerpt
Go to http://JazzHeaven.com/lee for more FREE Lee Konitz Videos! This was an excerpt of th...
published: 20 Jul 2012
"All the Things You Are" Changes - LEE KONITZ Jazz Improvisation Video JazzHeaven.com Excerpt
Go to http://JazzHeaven.com/lee for more FREE Lee Konitz Videos! This was an excerpt of the Interview part of the Lee Konitz Jazz Improvisation Lesson/Masterclass video/DVD entitled "Talking & Playing".
Jam-packed Jazz Improvisation Lessons: 90-min Lesson, 60-min Interview, Duo Performances with pianist Dan Tepfer (also the interviewer here) and more.
Get a rare look behind the scenes of this master jazz improviser - and experience six (!) decades of Jazz History.
Click on http://JazzHeaven.com - other killer jazz improvisation instructional videos for all instruments with Kenny Werner, Jean-Michel Pilc, Walt Weiskopf, Vince Herring, Jerry Bergonzi and MORE.
(Plus jazz instructional videos with MANY other great jazz artists like Oz Noy, Eric Harland, Ralph Peterson, Ari Hoenig, Lage Lund, Gilad Hekselman, Ingrid Jensen, Geoffrey Keezer, Enrico Pieranunzi & more.)
Go to http://JazzHeaven.com to check out the madness!
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.
Like other students of pianist and theoretician Lennie Tristano, he 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.
His 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.
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.
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 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.
Hope you enjoyed this video with "All the things you are".
- published: 20 Jul 2012
- views: 7987
8:50
Lee Konitz - Foolin' Myself
from album ''Lee Konitz - In Harvard Square'' (storyville 1954)
Foolin' Myself (track nu...
published: 08 Jun 2012
Lee Konitz - Foolin' Myself
from album ''Lee Konitz - In Harvard Square'' (storyville 1954)
Foolin' Myself (track number 04) 00:00
Foolin' Myself (track number 09) 02:35
*live in Harvard Square, Boston
04 - Lee Konitz (as), Ronnie Ball (p), Peter Ind (b), Jeff Morton (dr)
09 - Lee Konitz (as), Ronnie Ball (p), Percy Heath (b), Al Levitt (dr)
- published: 08 Jun 2012
- views: 1951
10:54
Lee Konitz - Alto Sax Jazz Legend
For more Jazz videos, check out "Jazz Musicians' Images": https://sites.google.com/site/j...
published: 22 Apr 2012
Lee Konitz - Alto Sax Jazz Legend
For more Jazz videos, check out "Jazz Musicians' Images": https://sites.google.com/site/jazzmusiciansimages
Check out the humor of Lee Konitz, alto sax jazz giant on this video.
Lee Konitz is an alto saxophonist and composer born on October 13, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. He is considered one of the driving forces of Cool Jazz but has also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings. Konitz was one of the few to retain the distinctive sound of the 1940's, escaping the influence of Charlie Parker that had such a pronounced effect on the styles of many other alto players.
Konitz's was first inspired to begin playing the clarinet as a young boy while listening to Benny Goodman on the radio, but dropped the instrument in favor of the tenor saxophone, later switching to alto.
He began his professional career in 1945 with the Teddy Powell band as a replacement for Charlie Ventura. Perhaps more notably 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.
- published: 22 Apr 2012
- views: 11260
Youtube results:
45:37
Lee Konitz Quartet - Ideal Scene (full album)
This Soul Note release features Lee Konitz with his 1986 quartet, a unit that also include...
published: 26 Jul 2012
Lee Konitz Quartet - Ideal Scene (full album)
This Soul Note release features Lee Konitz with his 1986 quartet, a unit that also includes pianist Harold Danko, bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Al Harewood. Konitz, listed as playing soprano on the album but actually sticking exclusively to alto, not only interprets three veteran standards ("Ezz-thetic," "If You Could See Me Now" and "Stella by Starlight") but also three of Danko's then-recent originals and his own "Chick Came Around." The subtle but swinging music is harmonically advanced and full of surprising twists; no predictable bebop here. More than most members of his musical generation, Lee Konitz has continued to keep his music and improvising style fresh and enthusiastic while retaining his own original musical personality through the years.
1.Chick Came Around
2.Tidal Breeze
3.Silly Samba
4.Ezz-thetic
5.If You Could See Me Now
6.Stare-Case
7.Stella By Starligth
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.
- published: 26 Jul 2012
- views: 2864
6:03
Sax Legend *Lee Konitz* "Body & Soul" Changes Improv JAZZHEAVEN.com Video Excerpt
Go to http://JazzHeaven.com/lee for more FREE Lee Konitz Videos! This was an excerpt of th...
published: 20 Jul 2012
Sax Legend *Lee Konitz* "Body & Soul" Changes Improv JAZZHEAVEN.com Video Excerpt
Go to http://JazzHeaven.com/lee for more FREE Lee Konitz Videos! This was an excerpt of the Interview part of the Lee Konitz Jazz Improvisation Lesson/Masterclass video/DVD entitled "Talking & Playing".
Jam-packed Jazz Improvisation Lessons: 90-min Lesson, 60-min Interview, Duo Performances with pianist Dan Tepfer (also the interviewer here) and more.
Get a rare look behind the scenes of this master jazz improviser - and experience six (!) decades of Jazz History.
Click on http://JazzHeaven.com - other killer jazz improvisation instructional videos for all instruments with Kenny Werner, Jean-Michel Pilc, Walt Weiskopf, Vince Herring, Jerry Bergonzi and MORE.
(Plus jazz instructional videos with MANY other great jazz artists like Oz Noy, Eric Harland, Ralph Peterson, Ari Hoenig, Lage Lund, Gilad Hekselman, Ingrid Jensen, Geoffrey Keezer, Enrico Pieranunzi & more.)
Go to http://JazzHeaven.com to check out the madness!
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.
Like other students of pianist and theoretician Lennie Tristano, he 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.
His 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.
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.
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 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.
Hope you enjoyed this video with "All the things you are".
- published: 20 Jul 2012
- views: 4366
53:06
Lee Konitz, Frank Wunsch - Deutsche Jazz Festival 1995
Lee Konitz, Frank Wunsch - Deutsche Jazz Festival 1995
DVD - http://rutracker.org/forum/vi...
published: 14 Oct 2012
Lee Konitz, Frank Wunsch - Deutsche Jazz Festival 1995
Lee Konitz, Frank Wunsch - Deutsche Jazz Festival 1995
DVD - http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4219611
Lee Konitz - alto sax
Frank Wunsch - piano
00:21 -
08:18 -
13:47 -
21:26 -
25:35 -
35:07 -
40:52 -
46:10 -
52:20 - end credits
26. Deutsche Jazz Festival,1995, Sendesaal des Hessischen Rundfunks, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- published: 14 Oct 2012
- views: 495