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Lee Konitz Quartet at Jazz at Kitano
Courtesy of InstantSeats | Posted on January 20, 2017
Where
Jazz at Kitano
66 Park Avenue
New York, NY
Map
212-885-7125
When
Fri, February 24, 2017
10:00 PM
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Musicians
Lee Konitz
saxophone, altoAbout
Alto saxophonist Lee Konitz combined 1940s stints in Claude Thornhill's orchestra and Miles Davis-Gil Evans led "Birth Of The Cool" nonet playing alongside tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh and pianist Lennie Tristano to create a unique post-bebop sound that has been described both as dry and cool, and passionate and angular. Konitz later parlayed gigs with Stan Kenton and Elvin Jones into a solo career that has spanned five decades and marks him as one of the living masters of the saxophone.