Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.
It's very demanding to make up your own music. - Lee Konitz
It's very demanding to make up your own music.
- Lee Konitz
After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in… - Lee Konitz
After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in…
That's kind of my goal: to build a new row of meaningful tones. - Lee Konitz
That's kind of my goal: to build a new row of meaningful tones.
Names and theoretical things don't occur to me. If they do, I'm not doing my real playing mode. - Lee Konitz
Names and theoretical things don't occur to me. If they do, I'm not doing my real playing mode.
You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it … - Lee Konitz
You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it …
Sound is the first thing that we tune into. - Lee Konitz
Sound is the first thing that we tune into.
Many people do think it's naive to improvise in front of paying customers. I'm not saying one way is better than another. - Lee Konitz
Many people do think it's naive to improvise in front of paying customers. I'm not saying one way is better than another.
In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal. - Lee Konitz
In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.
Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary. - Lee Konitz
Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.
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