Lee Konitz
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Lee Konitz
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">“Meticulously researched, detailed and documented, this long awaited overview justly establishes Konitz as one of the most consistently brilliant, adventurous and original improvisers in the jazz tradition—a genius as rare as Bird himself.”</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"...more
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
August 8th 2007
by University of Michigan Press
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Most of the book is made up of interviews with Konitz from the last several years, which I can't say enough good things about. He's very honest and humble, while speaking thoughtfully and eloquently about some very difficult subject matter (improvisation). The rest of the book is interviews with musicians associated with him in some way. These are also very informative. Great anecdotes, too.
This is an indespensible book concerning what improvisor's do. I highly recommend this to people who have watched an improvising musician and always wondered "how do they do that?" Konitz not only details his own approach, but others as well. Hamilton chooses a very eloquent structure for the book that makes it flow much more smoothly. For students of improvisation, this is a book to return to again and again.
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