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Lee Konitz

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Born
13 October 1927
Born In
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
Died
15 April 2020 (aged 92)
Lee Konitz (born October 13, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois—died April 15, 2020 in New York City, New York) was an American jazz composer and saxophone player. Konitz is sometimes regarded as the preeminent cool jazz saxophonist, because he performed and recorded with Claude Thornhill, Lennie Tristano (both often cited as important cool jazz proponents of the mid 1940s), and with Miles Davis' on his epochal Birth of the Cool, which gave the form its name. Konitz has also been repeatedly noted as one of the few jazz saxophonists of the late 1940s and 1950s who did not seem imitative … read more
Lee Konitz (born October 13, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois—died April 15, 2020 in New York City, New York) was an American jazz composer and saxophone player. Konitz is sometimes regarded as the preeminent cool jazz saxophonist, because he performed and recorded with Claude Thornhill, Lennie Tris… read more
Lee Konitz (born October 13, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois—died April 15, 2020 in New York City, New York) was an American jazz composer and saxophone player. Konitz is sometimes regarded as the preeminent cool jazz saxophonist, because he performed and recorded with Claude Thornhill, Lennie Tristano (both often cited as important cool jazz proponents of the mid 1940… read more

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1 Essential Jazz Masters (1947-1955) Intuition
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2 Motion Foolin' Myself
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3 Play track Vintage Cafè: Didn't Know About You Someone to Watch Over Me
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4 Play track Motion I Remember You
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5 Very Cool Crazy She Calls Me
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6 Play track Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh I Can't Get Started
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7 Play track Palo Alto Two Not One
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8 Play track Dialogues Yesterdays
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9 Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh Topsy
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10 Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh There Will Never Be Another You
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Albums

  1. 56,335 listeners

    1 Jan 1961 · 5 tracks

    Motion
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  2. 38,022 listeners

    14 Jun 1955 · 8 tracks

    Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh
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  3. 31,504 listeners

    10 Apr 2014 · 9 tracks

    Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre
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  4. 25,340 listeners

    1994 · 16 tracks

    Palo Alto
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