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Lee Konitz

"I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double."

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

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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."

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

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Lee Konitz
"I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double."

Work

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Lee Konitz
"I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound."

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Lee Konitz
"I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard."

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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."

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Lee Konitz
"It's very demanding to make up your own music."

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"Sound is the first thing that we tune into."

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"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."

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