Dan Tepfer & Friends With Special Guest Joe Lovano at Dizzy's Club

Lee Konitz, a singular saxophonist and composer whom the New York Times calls a “certifiable jazz legend, with peerless high-modernist credentials and integrity equal to his talent,” is one of six musicians to be inducted into Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ertegun Hall of Fame this year. His death, in April 2020 at age 92 due to COVID complications, was a tragic loss. Konitz worked with the top contemporary artists of the time from the 1940s, such as Miles Davis (with whom he famously recorded The Birth of the Cool), Stan Kenton, Gerry Mulligan, Elvin Jones, Charles Mingus, Dave Brubeck, and Ornette Coleman, amongst others. Konitz was an iconoclastic composer and bandleader, but he is most respected for his improvisational prowess and honesty. He created captivating music in any context, from solo performance to big band, and his solos are a model of true spontaneity, laser-sharp focus, and authentic interactivity. ...

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Lee Konitz, a singular saxophonist and composer whom the New York Times calls a “certifiable jazz legend, with peerless high-modernist credentials and integrity equal to his talent,” is one of six musicians to be inducted into Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ertegun Hall of Fame this year. His death, in April 2020 at age 92 due to COVID complications, was a tragic loss. Konitz worked with the top contemporary artists of the time from the 1940s, such as Miles Davis (with whom he famously recorded The Birth of the Cool), Stan Kenton, Gerry Mulligan, Elvin Jones, Charles Mingus, Dave Brubeck, and Ornette Coleman, amongst others. Konitz was an iconoclastic composer and bandleader, but he is most respected for his improvisational prowess and honesty. He created captivating music in any context, from solo performance to big band, and his solos are a model of true spontaneity, laser-sharp focus, and authentic interactivity.

Tonight, his most recent collaborators will pay tribute to him, including saxophonist Joe Lovano and pianist and music director Dan Tepfer. Dizzy’s Club audiences will witness the vast range of Konitz’s contribution to the art form as Tepfer and friends perform material from throughout Konitz’s sprawling career.

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