Friends of Jazz at UCLA presents Lee Konitz New Quartet at UCLA Jan Popper Theater - Schoenberg Hall

Join us in this intimate UCLA venue for an extraordinary fundraising concert by iconic artist Lee Konitz where we will be celebrating and honoring him by initiating a jazz saxophone scholarship in his name – The Lee Konitz Living Legends Jazz Scholarship -- the first in a new initiative sponsored by the Friends of Jazz at UCLA. Konitz is joined by the multinational and long-established Minsarah (Prism) Trio – San Diego based bassist Jeff Denson, German pianist Florian Weber, and Israeli drummer Ziv Ravitz. Like a spectral prism, the trio explores new sound colors and new ideas in ensemble playing. A team of densely interacting improvisers, they play with power and dramatic intensity, fresh lyricism, and a sense of melody that’s all their own. ...

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Join us in this intimate UCLA venue for an extraordinary fundraising concert by iconic artist Lee Konitz where we will be celebrating and honoring him by initiating a jazz saxophone scholarship in his name – The Lee Konitz Living Legends Jazz Scholarship -- the first in a new initiative sponsored by the Friends of Jazz at UCLA. Konitz is joined by the multinational and long-established Minsarah (Prism) Trio – San Diego based bassist Jeff Denson, German pianist Florian Weber, and Israeli drummer Ziv Ravitz. Like a spectral prism, the trio explores new sound colors and new ideas in ensemble playing. A team of densely interacting improvisers, they play with power and dramatic intensity, fresh lyricism, and a sense of melody that’s all their own.

Please contact the UCLA Central Ticket Office for tickets at 310-825-2101.
Visit http://www.friendsofjazz.ucla.edu for more info.

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