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Lee Konitz’s use of standards’ melody in improvisation

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The main goal of the following article is to examine the mechanisms through which Lee Konitz uses the melody of jazz standards in his improvisation process. Beginning with the transcription and comprehensive analysis of five improvised solos, and using the thematic analysis method, we identified melodic ideas coming from the songs on which the saxophonist builds some of his solos. Our conclusion is that Lee Konitz, besides clearly quoting the melody of jazz standards on which he improvises, also frequently uses some of its notes as target-notes, and develops melodic motifs inspired by that same melody.

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Konitz, Lee (1927-2020) Improvisation Jazz Melody Jazz standard

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Prazeres, Gonçalo e Pinheiro, Ricardo. 2024. "Lee Konitz's use of standards' melody in improvisation". The IASJ Journal of Applied Jazz Research 2 (1), Article 9. Grand Valley State University Libraries. https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/iasj_journal/vol2/iss1/9

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