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Lee Konitz

Jazz Survey: Chordless Drills – A Listener’s Guide to the Saxophone Trio

Here is a personal selection of recordings in the saxophone trio format. These linear collaborations have been part of the jazz scene for at least seventy years now. The results are almost always illuminating and exhilarating, and a review of them offers a miniature history of saxophone styles.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz Tagged: Air, Albert Ayler, Bob Moses, Bradford Marsalis, Dave Liebman, David Murray, Elvin Jones, Fly, Henry Grimes, Henry Threadgill, JD Allen, Joe Henderson, Joe Lovano, John-Coltrane, Jon Irabagon, Kenny Garrett, Lee Konitz, Marcus Strickland, Mark Turner, Melissa Aldana, Ornette Coleman, Sam Rivers, Saxophone trio, Sonny-Rollins, Steve Adams, Steve Elman, Steve Lacy, The Fringe

Jazz Interview: Drummer George Schuller on Working with Lee Konitz

It amazed me that Lee Konitz in his nineties could still find his way through a maze of changes, chorus after chorus, and at the same time be capable of weaving a beautiful, unscripted melody while producing a sound so wide, one could crawl into it.

By: Steve Provizer Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: George Schuller, Lee Konitz

Arts Remembrance: Saxophonist Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz was, with Sonny Rollins, one of the last of his great generation of jazz men still swinging hard.

By: Robert “Gabe” Gabrielsky Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Lee Konitz, Robert Gabe Gabrielsky

Jazz Concert Review: Lee Konitz at 90 — At the Regattabar

Lee Konitz presented himself as the aging hipster he seems to be — sunglasses, laconic presence, and an I-don’t-give-a-shit attitude.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Lee Konitz, Regattabar, Stephen Provizer

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