◇ image via WikipediaLee Konitz
Lee Konitz is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of June Christy, Jeff Williams, Ronnie Cuber, Jason Moran and Sheila Jordan. Those roots explain a lot about how Lee Konitz arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Art Farmer, Jimmy Giuffre, Coleman Hawkins, Hank Mobley and Ornette Coleman, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Paul Motian, Ronnie Cuber, Paul Desmond, Joe Henderson and Spirit, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Lee Konitz, reaching back through June Christy and forward to Paul Motian. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Lee Konitz connections
Lee Konitz grew out of June Christy, Jeff Williams, Ronnie Cuber and Jason Moran, shares an orbit with Art Farmer, Jimmy Giuffre, Coleman Hawkins and Hank Mobley, went on to shape Paul Motian, Ronnie Cuber, Paul Desmond and Joe Henderson. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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