Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz was an American composer, saxophonist and musician (1927–2020). He was born at Chicago and died at Greenwich Village.
Also recorded as Leon Konitz.
Lee Konitz in brief
- Born
- 1927
- Died
- 2020
- Known for
- composer, saxophonist and musician
- Place of birth
- Chicago
Contents
Career and activity
Lee Konitz worked in saxophone performance, music composing, composed musical work and music composition.
He belonged to Lee Konitz Quartet and Lee Konitz Nonet. He worked at New York City.
Catalogued works
7 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection.
A Place for Lovers. Desperate Characters. Dream Stepper. It's You. Sax of a Kind. Subconscious Lee. Thinking in Jazz : The Infinite Art of Improvisation / Paul F. Berliner., dated 1994, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Konitz, Lee, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Konitz, Lee, Oxford Music Online, 2003. Lee Konitz: A Career Renewed, Jazz In Its Time, 1991. Lee Konitz, 2007. KONITZ, LEE, Music in the 20th Century (3 Vol Set), 2016.
Digitised editions and texts
10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
I can't believe — Internet Archive. Lover man — Internet Archive. Tristano - Metronome MEP 256 Vol. 1 (1957) — Internet Archive. Rebecca (1950) — Internet Archive. PRECOGNITION (1952) — Internet Archive. EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION (1952) — Internet Archive. SUBCONCIOUS-LEE (1949) — Internet Archive. Lady be good — Internet Archive. Art Farmer, Lee Konitz With The Joe Carter Quartet & Trio (1993) — Internet Archive. Ice Cream Konitz (1950) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 28 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is saxophone performance, music composing and composed musical work. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz and bebop.
Residence is recorded at New York City. Membership is recorded of Lee Konitz Quartet and Lee Konitz Nonet.
Distinctions recorded are Paul Acket Award and NEA Jazz Masters.
Chronology
- 1927Lee Konitz born at Chicago.
- 1950Rebecca digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1952PRECOGNITION digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1952EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1957Tristano - Metronome MEP 256 Vol. 1 digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2020Lee Konitz died at Greenwich Village.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
KONITZ, LEE, Music in the 20th Century (3 Vol Set), 2016
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1047302365, Lee Konitz Quartet.
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Internet Archive, 12 digitised items catalogued under Lee Konitz as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Lee Konitz.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 9.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q453393: Lee Konitz
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 10.
“Lee Konitz”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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