The groundbreaking jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz, perhaps best known for his work on the pivotal Miles Davis album “Birth of the Cool,” has died following coronavirus complications. | AFP
He started playing the clarinet as a child before switching to saxophone, the instrument he used to cultivate a singular, uninflected style that set him apart from the era’s dominant Charlie Parker, whom Konitz considered a friend.in 2013. “I knew and loved Charlie Parker and copied his bebop solos like everyone else.”
Konitz was the last surviving musician who played in Davis’s “Birth of the Cool” sessions, which he later described as far more arranged than the improvisational style with which he would make his name.
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