Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
Lee Konitzis an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist who was born in Chicago, Illinois...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSaxophonist
Date of Birth13 October 1927
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
mean play names
Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula.
meaningful goal tone
That's kind of my goal: to build a new row of meaningful tones.
doe way musician
In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.
indian havens indian-music
I love Indian music very much, but I haven't studied that specifically.
double-standard saxophone instruments
I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.
listening jazz classical-music
I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to.
music firsts sound
Sound is the first thing that we tune into.
music play results
I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard.
music play long
As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz.
music player influence
Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.
player should-have jam
I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually.
want sound seven
I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound.
play appreciate able
I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that.
night europe car
I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart.