I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard.
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Names and theoretical things don't occur to me. If they do, I'm not doing my real playing mode.Lee Konitz
One of the most interesting recordings I ever heard was hearing Tristano and Charlie Parker playing together. They were both at their peak.
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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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I stand back, sometimes, behind the rhythm section, so I don't physically look like the leader. I don't like that concept too much.
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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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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
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