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Lee Konitz
Born: Oct 13, 1927 in Chicago, IL
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Genre: Jazz
Biography: One of the most individual of all altoists (and one of the few in the 1950s who did not sound like a cousin of Charlie Parker), the cool-toned Lee Konitz has always had a strong musical curiosity that has led him to consistently take chances and stretch himself, usually quite successfully. Early on he ...Read full biography
The Lee Konitz Duets
The Lee Konitz Duets
Released: 1967
Label: Fantasy Inc.
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This CD brings back one of altoist Lee Konitz's greatest sessions. In 1967 he recorded a series of very diverse duets, all of which succeed on their own terms. Konitz is matched with valve trombonist Marshall ...Read full review
Subconscious-Lee [Prestige]
Subconscious-Lee [Prestige]
Released: 1950
Label: OJC
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A debut for both Lee Konitz and the Prestige label, Subconscious-Lee brings together many of the students who came through Lennie Tristano's idiosyncratic "school" of jazz during the immediate postwar ...Read full review
More Lee Konitz albums: Main Albums (156), Compilations (42), DVD/Video (5)
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