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
Lee Konitz quotes about
american-musician
I hear many extra-musical things somehow in Coltrane.
american-musician
A lot of bands were doing remotes from ballrooms around the country.
american-musician busy everybody learn messiah people trying
People look for a messiah all the time. And everybody is just busy doing their own thing, trying to learn how to play the music.
american-musician found great inspired played welcome
I've played with not such great players, and found that I was inspired to play very well. I welcome every one of those opportunities.
american-musician percent pure
It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music.
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I wish that person outside would stop coughing.
music player vocabulary
Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.
trying special way
You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn.
guy way hung
We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out.
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.
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.
music firsts sound
Sound is the first thing that we tune into.