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Lee Konitz has collaborated with an eclectic array of musicians in recent years to make wonderful music. Now 81, the alto saxophonist continues to go his own way when, in the beginning, he could have been another Charlie Parker clone, as his musicianship and bebop developed at about the same time. Ties with Claude Thornhill, Lennie Tristano, Stan Kenton and Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool Nonet, however,...
I'm skipping the debate tonight to catch Lee Konitz at the Jazz Gallery, but I am definitely watching the replay online. If Obama really has a six-point lead in North Carolina, John McCain is in a world of trouble. But...
WHAT: Dana Gioia, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts, will host the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony and Concert featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in a program dedicated to the honorees’ works. Special guest performances to be made by 2009 NEA Jazz Masters George Benson, James “Jimmy” Cobb, Lee Konitz and “Toots” Thielemans...
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York , October 2008: Bill Cole’s Untempered Ensemble , Proverbs for Sam (Boxholder) Lisle Ellis , Sucker Punch Requiem: An Homage to Jean-Michel Basquiat (Henceforth) Lee Konitz & Minsarah , Deep Lee (Enja) Rudresh Mahanthappa , Kinsmen (Pi) Michael Moore & Fred Hersch , This We Know (Palmetto) Adam Niewood , Epic Journey, Vols....
This week, let's take a look at some video footage of pianist Jason Moran, who's coming to St. Louis next Sunday, October 5, to perform a solo concert at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. The 33-year-old is considered one of the top young piano players in jazz, and in addition to leading h...
By Andrew Frisicano Avant-jazz cross-over act the Bad Plus will play a series of NYC shows as part of its neverending schedule of gigs. First, the trio - Ethan Iverson on piano, Reid Anderson on bass, Dave King on drums...
(Lee Konitz and Charlie Parker.)I met Lee Konitz briefly when he sat in at the Village Vanguard with Charlie Haden, Paul Motian and me. My excitement at playing with one of the greatest living jazz saxophonists was tempered by knowing...
Jazz saxophonist Bob Mover has an intriguing resume. A protege of Phil Woods, he was playing professionally at age 16 and subsequently performed alongside many stars, including Charles Mingus, Chet Baker, and one my favorites, alto sax legend Lee Konitz. It was an impressive beginning. Mover also spent some time leading his own group, but over [...]
Tanglewood Jazz Festival Lenox, Massachusetts August 29-31, 2008 Tanglewood, in Lenox, Massachusetts, is the summer home of the Boston Symphony, and it's also home to events like an annual James Taylor concert, an annual recording of A Prairie Home Companion, and the annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival, which ran this year from August 29-31...
Rifftides postings have been seldom lately because I'm working on a magazine piece about the resuscitation of Lester Young's tenor saxophone and the consequent revival of a band devoted to his music. More about that later. In the meantime, here's...
Clean Feed 114 Mauger brings together the trio of drummer Gerry Hemingway, bassist Mark Dresser and alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa (for his first Clean Feed session) for eight original compositions. Mahanthappa is noted for his highly “structuralist” work, some of it through-composed, with figures like pianist Vijay Iyer and altoist Steve Lehman. Naturally, [...]
The list of veterans of the glory days of modern jazz in Sweden grew significanty shorter on Tuesday with the death of Arne Domnérus at the age of eighty-three. The alto saxophonist and clarinetist came to popular attention in the late...
Bill Evans and the Kings of Cool – Konitz and Marsh. 'Speak Low.' This is sparkling, frothy stuff. Evans leads off in rhapsodic mode before Konitz takes the theme and lifts it into steady rhythm. Warne Marsh joins in to weave round the alto in a high-stepping dance. Eddie Gomez springs a line across Evan's chording, firm-fingered, high up the neck. Konitz up next. Followed by Bill Evans, Warne Marsh....
