The Column

Saturday, February 27, 2010

At 82, groundbreaking Konitz still holds his own

Jazz legend Lee Konitz is still around, still blowin' and still playing with kids.

As posted in The Jam Session, Reloaded:

... what's amazing is that Konitz is 82 years old now, playing with guys in their 20s and -- well, if he's pacing himself more, he's showing no real shortage of ideas. But Konitz's entree in the jazz world was always in his ability to think on his feet ...


Check it out, and download the concert while you're about it. It's free, by the way, and it's good.


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