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Lee Konitz

I have been able to get a small audience. It’s not the huge audience, but it’s enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that.

– Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn’t satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually.

– Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

Sound is the first thing that we tune into.

– Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He’s a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz.

– Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

It’s very demanding to make up your own music.

– Lee Konitz

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 to try to learn.

– Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.

– Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

I listen to classical music very much. There’s a lot of jazz that I don’t enjoy listening to.

– Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

I’d like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I’ve heard.

– Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

I love Indian music very much, but I haven’t studied that specifically.

– Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.

– Lee Konitz

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.

– Lee Konitz

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