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Lee Konitz
With over 140 recorded works under his own name and numerous others as a
sideman, jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz has a recording career stretching almost
seven decades and has played alongside many of the jazz greats. As one of the
players who participated in the legendary 'Birth of the Cool' sessions during
1949-'50 alongside Miles Davis and other jazz notables such as Max Roach, Junior
Collins and Gerry Mulligan, Konitz can claim his place as one of the founding
fathers of the cool jazz movement.
Konitz's style is distinctive for its use of lengthy improvised melodies
punctua...
