American - Musician | October 13, 1927 -
A first love always occupies a special place.
Lee Konitz
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I wish that person outside would stop coughing.
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It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music.
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I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard.
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Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.
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A lot of bands were doing remotes from ballrooms around the country.
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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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Names and theoretical things don't occur to me. If they do, I'm not doing my real playing mode.
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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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In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.
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I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart.
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Out of Coltrane's whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods.
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