Lee Konitz - Lee Konitz in Rio flac album

Lee Konitz (born October 13, 1927) is an American composer and alto saxophonist. He has 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.

A prolific jazz alto and an influential stylist for his dry, cerebral, subdued approach.

Artists Lee Konitz Lee Konitz in Rio. Lee Konitz in Rio Lee Konitz. Lee Konitz in Rio. 1989. This album has an average beat per minute of 105 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 73/151 BPM). Tracklist Lee Konitz in Rio.

Konitz is an album by saxophonist and bandleader Lee Konitz featuring performances recorded in 1954 which was originally released as a 10-inch LP on George Wein's Storyville label. The album was rereleased with additional alternate takes on CD in 1989 on the Black Lion label.

Lee Konitz (born October 13, 1927) is an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist who was born in Chicago, Illinois. He has performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings. Konitz was one of the few altoists to retain a distinctive sound when Charlie Parker exercised a tremendous influence on other players. It is regarded by many as Konitz's finest album. The 1990 CD issue expanded the number of tracks from five to eight; a 1998 release then expanded this to 38, although most of the additional tracks were from different recording sessions. The album consists of performances of five standards, although "the heads when they are stated at all are for the most part fragmentary and more alluded to than stated". Lee Konitz in Rio released: 1989. Art of the Duo released: 1989. Konitz Meets Mulligan released: 1988.

Lee Konitz: Playing in Aarhus, Denmark. Photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson. He participated with Miles Davis in a group that had a brief booking in September 1948 and another the following year, but recorded in 1949 and 1950 the sides collected on the Birth of the Cool album. The presence of Konitz and other white musicians in the group angered some black jazz players, many of whom were unemployed at the time, but Davis rebuffed their criticisms. Konitz has stated he considered the group to belong to Gerry Mulligan.