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Lee Konitz
Leon "Lee" Konitz was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jazz movement of the 1940s and 1950s includes participation in Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool sessions and his work with pianist Lennie Tristano. He was one of relatively few alto saxophonists of this era to retain a distinctive style, when Charlie Parker exerted a massive influence. Like other students of Tristano, Konitz improvised 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. Other saxophonists were strongly influenced by Konitz, such as Paul Desmond and Art Pepper. He died during the COVID-19 pandemic from complications brought on by the disease. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Boplicity
Miles Davis, J.J Johnson, Sandy Siegelstein, Bill Barber, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, John Lewis, Nelson Boyd, and Kenny Clarke
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Walkin' Shoes
Chet Baker
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Venus De Milo
Miles Davis
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Intoit
Miles Davis
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I can´t get started
Lee Konitz

Albums

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Rare Oldies: Lee's Cool Jazz

2025
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Early Spring

2024
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Limehouse Blues

2023
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The Real Lee Konitz

2025
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Lee Konitz En La Fundación Valparaíso

2024
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The Complete 1956 Quartets

2022
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Take One

2025
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Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from Lee Konitz

2023
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Parallels

2025
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Skylark

2023

Singles & EPs

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Theme for Jobim

Single • 2023
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Tautology (Mono Version)

EP • 2014
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Another Shade Of Blue

EP • 1999
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Rocker (Arkadia Jazz All-Stars: Thank You, Gerry!) (feat. Randy Brecker, Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson & Ron Vincent)

Single • 2022
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Lee Konitz Plays With the Gerry Mulligan Quartet

EP • 2013
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Walkin' Shoes (from Arkadia Jazz All-Stars: Thank You, Gerry!) (feat. Randy Brecker, Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson & Ron Vincent)

Single • 2022
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Lee & Warne, Vol. 2

EP • 2013
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Thrill

Single • 2018
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Lone-Lee

Single • 1974

Videos

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Blue Bossa (Dexter Gordon) Tenor Sax Transcription #sheetmusic

Lolo García Music • 1.9K views
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Lee Konitz — "I Remember You" (Motion, 1961) Complete Track, Alto Sax Transcription

Colin Gordon • 8.9K views
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Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh - I Can't Get Started

Okmusix • 5.9K views
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Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh - Topsy

SpazioSonoro & Intrattenimento • 864 views
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Misty (Lee Konitz) Soprano Sax Transcription

Lolo García Music • 6.3K views
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Lee Konitz - There Will Never Be Another You

Jazz Music Social Club • 28K views
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Lennie Tristano - Requiem

Heinz Becker • 1.2K views
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Charlie Haden & Keith Jarrett - How Deep Is The Ocean

All That Jazz Don Kaart • 37K views
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Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Dave Holland: 'Nicolette' (from 'Angel Song', ECM, 1996)

Francesco Varriale • 5.1K views

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Cool Jazz Moods

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