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Lee Konitz

1927 - 2020

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Leon "Lee" Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jazz movement of the 1940s and 1950s includes participation in Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool sessions and his work with pianist Lennie Tristano. He was one of relatively few alto saxophonists of this era to retain a distinctive style, when Charlie Parker exerted a massive influence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Konitz is the 704th most popular composer (up from 780th in 2019), the 3,837th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,748th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Lee Konitz ranks 704 out of 1,451. Before him are Riccardo Zandonai, Maxim Berezovsky, Norbert Burgmüller, Johan Agrell, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Juan Bautista Cabanilles. After him are Domenico Dragonetti, Carlos Seixas, Paul Ben-Haim, Kurt Atterberg, Joseph Leopold Eybler, and Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann.

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Among people born in 1927, Lee Konitz ranks 168. Before him are Marcel Ophüls, Joan Segarra, Martin Walser, Gae Aulenti, Yutaka Taniyama, and Giuseppe Moioli. After him are Yitzhak Hofi, Allan Kaprow, Franco Maria Malfatti, Josef Posipal, Adhemar da Silva, and Oleg Yefremov. Among people deceased in 2020, Lee Konitz ranks 202. Before him are Joachim Yhombi-Opango, Pietro Anastasi, Muhammad Mustafa Mero, Fernando Solanas, Ang Rita, and Harry Gregg. After him are Peter Sutcliffe, Terry Goodkind, Duje Bonačić, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Pierino Prati, and Lucio Urtubia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lee Konitz ranks 3,837 out of 20,380. Before him are Carl Brashear (1931), Gerard Damiano (1928), Dee Wallace (1948), Kenny Loggins (1948), Peter Strauss (1947), and Dolley Madison (1768). After him are Meg Foster (1948), Richard Anderson (1926), Arielle Dombasle (1953), M. Emmet Walsh (1935), Lenny Montana (1926), and Margaret Fuller (1810).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Lee Konitz ranks 40. Before him are James Scott (1885), Stephen Foster (1826), Alex North (1910), Basil Poledouris (1945), Jerome Kern (1885), and Carmine Coppola (1910). After him are Sun Ra (1914), Stephen Sondheim (1930), Edward MacDowell (1860), Dave Grusin (1934), Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), and Brian Tyler (1972).

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