What is Lee Konitz?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Lee Konitz | image = Konitz Lee Koeln altes pfandhaus 201207.jpg | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Leon Konitz<ref>Hamilton, p. 2</ref> | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|10|13}} | birth_place = [[Chicago]], Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|4|15|1927|10|13}} | death_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | instrument = [[Alto saxophone]] | genre = [[Jazz]]<br>[[Cool jazz]] | occupation = [[Saxophonist]], [[Composer]] | years_active = | label = [[RCA Red Seal]]<br>[[Atlantic Records]]<br>[[Verve Records]]<br>Prestige Records<br>[[Palmetto Records]] | associated_acts = [[Miles Davis]], [[Gil Evans]], [[Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall]], [[Elvin Jones]], [[Lennie Tristano]], [[Warne Marsh]], [[Brad Mehldau]], [[Charlie Haden]] | website = | current_members = | past_members = | notable_instruments = }} '''Lee Konitz''' (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] [[jazz]] [[composer]] and [[alto saxophone|alto saxophonist]]. He was thought to be one of the main people involved in the [[cool jazz]] movement. Konitz has also performed successfully in [[bebop]] and [[Experimental music|experimental]] jazz. Konitz was born in [[Chicago]].<ref name=r1>{{cite web| last = Robinson| first = Michael| title = An interview with Lee Konitz| url=http://www.sawf.org/Newedit/edit09182000/musicarts.asp| accessdate = 2007-05-31|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720025727/http://www.sawf.org/Newedit/edit09182000/musicarts.asp|archivedate=2011-07-20}}</ref> Konitz died in [[New York City]] on April 15, 2020 of [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bebco|first=Joe|title=Jazz innovator Lee Konitz has died of Covid-19 at age 92|url=https://syncopatedtimes.com/jazz-innovator-lee-konitz-has-died-of-covid-19-at-age-92/|accessdate=2020-04-15}}</ref> ==References== {