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Go to JazzHeaven.com for more FREE Lee Konitz Videos! This was an excerpt of the Interview part of the Lee Konitz Jazz Improvisation Lesson/Masterclass video/DVD entitled "Talking & Playing". Jam-packed Jazz Improvisation Lessons: 90-min Lesson, 60-min Interview, Duo Performances with pianist Dan Tepfer (also the interviewer here) and more. Get a rare look behind the scenes of this master jazz improviser - and experience six (!) decades of Jazz History. Click on JazzHeaven.com - other killer jazz improvisation instructional videos for all instruments with Kenny Werner, Jean-Michel Pilc, Walt Weiskopf, Vince Herring, Jerry Bergonzi and MORE. (Plus jazz instructional videos with MANY other great jazz artists like Oz Noy, Eric Harland, Ralph Peterson, Ari Hoenig, Lage Lund, Gilad Hekselman, Ingrid Jensen, Geoffrey Keezer, Enrico Pieranunzi & more.) Go to http to check out the madness! Lee Konitz (born October 13, 1927) is an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist born in Chicago, Illinois. Generally considered one of the driving forces of Cool Jazz, Konitz has also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings. Konitz was one of the few altoists to retain a distinctive sound in the 40s, when Charlie Parker exercised a tremendous influence on other players. Like other students of pianist and theoretician Lennie Tristano, he was noted for improvising long, melodic lines with the rhythmic interest coming from odd accents, or odd note groupings suggestive of the ...