#LeeKonitz epoch. Extraordinary. #Jazz Met this painfully shy, humourous man several times. He could be difficult. It is said he was once asked to play Take Five by someone in a club. #Konitz reputedly replied « I wouldn’t be seen dead playing #TakeFive » Anyone who understand Lee’s pioneering of an alternative to #Bird’s #AltoSaxophone style should understand that the request was dumb. As if: ‘You sound a bit like #PaulDesmond’. There was #CharlieParker and Konitz. After that, just influence.