{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Podcast 741: Remembering Lee Konitz","description":"We've lost another giant. Lee Konitz, the alto sax player whose career spanned from bebop in the clubs of Broadway to the present has passed away from COVID-19 related issues. he was 92. One of the players introduced to me by my father, Konitz found a way to do it all during his 70 odd years in jazz. He helped invent improvisational jazz with Lenny Tristano and Wayne Marsh. He pioneered &quot;Cool Jazz&quot; with Miles Davis on The Birth of the Cool and in sessions with Gerry Mulligan. There seemed to be no one he would not take a gig or session with, and turn them inside out playing ballads and uptempo swingers alike.&amp;nbsp; Whether the collaborator was Ornette Coleman or Dave Bruneck, Stan Kenton or Charles Mingus, the results were always memorable Blessed with a wry sense of humor (he loved to title compositions with his name in them, as in &quot;Subconscious Lee&quot;) and an intense work ethic, Konitz's legacy included an NEA Jazz Master designation.&amp;nbsp; I had the pleasure of catching a duet session with his long-time pianist Dan Tepfer at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston back in 2015, preceded by a conversation with Tim Hagens on his career in music. Lee was warm, funny and man, could he play. A most wonderful afternoon.&amp;nbsp; Podcast 741 is an hour plus of the music of Lee Konitz, as a band leader and collaborator, These are not necessarily his greatest performances, but rather those that mean something to me, while covering seventy years of legendary music.&amp;nbsp; Musical selections include: Lee Konitz - &quot;Five, Four and Three&quot; Lee Konitz - &quot;Subconscious Lee&quot; Miles Davis - &quot;Godchild (Live at the Royal Roost)&quot; Lee Konitz &amp;amp; Wayne Marsh -&quot;Lennie Bird&quot; Lee Konitz \/Bill Frisell \/Gary Peacock \/Joey Baron; - &quot;Stella by Starlight&quot; Dave Pile - &quot;The Doors of Perception&quot; Lee Konitz &amp;amp; the Gerry Mulligan Quartet - &quot;Broadway&quot; Ethan Iverson, Lee Konitz, Larry Grenadier &amp;amp; Jorge Rossy - &quot;Blueberry Ice Cream Take 2&quot; Lennie Tristano - &quot;Intuition&quot; Lee Konitz - &quot;Lover Man&quot; Lee Konitz - &quot;Blues for Bird&quot; Lee Konitz &amp;amp; Dan Tepfer - &quot;Body and Soul&quot; ","author_name":"Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show","author_url":"http:\/\/straightnochaserjazz.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/14016089\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/70162832"}