Andy Hamilton: In improvising, there’s a virtue in having a simple form: you get more freedom that way.
Lee Konitz: I’m just amazed that these simple forms can lend themselves to such complex music. But all you have to do is to listen to Art Tatum, Lennie Tristano, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, John Coltrane…
Lee Konitz (1927 – 2020)
Extraido del libro Lee Konitz. Conversations on the Improviser’s Art de Andy Hamilton (The University of Michigan Press. 2007)
Fotografía de Lee Konitz. © Joan Cortès, 2020. 14è Mas & Mas Festival. Sábado, 30 de agosto de 2016 / Jamboree (Barcelona). Lee Konitz & Catalan Quartet (Lee Konitz, voz y saxo alto, Marco Mezquida, piano, Bori Albero, contrabajo y Ramon Prats, batería).
Más sobre Lee Konitz en Tomajazz: https://tomajazz.com/web/?s=konitz