Coleman names Konitz as an important influence on his own development. „I was always impressed with his melodic sense and the fact that he didn’t play clich’s.“ Noting his collaborations with Tristano, Sal Mosca and Warne Marsh he says, „Even though Lee moved away from that later I still associate him with that group of guys because they all seemed to have this creative thing where they were really inventing, as opposed to just playing what they knew. And that was the thing that most impressed me about him and it’s the thing that still impresses me about him.“
von hier.
aber das stimmt schon – so viel sagen solche aussagen auch nicht aus. den tagesanzeiger-artikel finde ich sehr schön geschrieben, sehr leicht und sicher ein paar aspekte dieser musik streifend, im ganzen sehr wohlwollend, einladend, aber undogmatisch.
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