Lee Konitz, l'art de l'improvisation

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Table des exemples musicaux

Exemple musical 1 : « When You're Smiling », Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra featuring

Billie Holiday, 1938. Dix mesures d'improvisation de Lester Young. page 22

Exemple musical 2 : « Lady Be Good », Count Basie, Chicago, 1936. Cinq mesures de

l'improvisation de Lester Young. 24

Exemple musical 3 : «Shoe Shine Boy», Count Basie, 9 novembre 1936, Mosaic Records. Improvisation de Lester Young sur Shoe Shine Boy (A7; Dm7; G7 ; Gm7 ; C7) P25

Exemple musical 4 : « Jive at Five », Count Basie, 4 février 1939. Seize mesures de

l'improvisation de Lester Young. 26

Exemple musical 5 : « Foolin' Myself », Billie Holiday, « Lady Day & Pres 1937-1941,

1937 ». Seize mesures d'improvisation de Lester Young. 28

Exemple musical 6 : « Koko », Savoy, 1945, quatre mesures d'improvisation de Charlie

Parker (Dbmin; Gb7 ; B sur deux mesures). 39

Exemple musical 7 : « Parker's Mood », Savoy. Deux mesures du solo de Charlie Parker

(Eb7). 40

Exemple musical 8 : « Line Up », septembre 1955. Douze mesures d'improvisation de

Lennie Tristano (AbM7; C7; F7; Bbm7; C7; Fm7)

Exemple musical 9 : « All the Things You Are », Lee Konitz, mesure 63. Utilisation de la seconde mineure mi sur l'accord de Eb7. 94

Exemple musical 10 : « All the Things You Are », Lee Konitz, mesure 43. Konitz emploie un motif généralisé par les boppers sur l'accord de do Majeur.

Exemple musical 11 : « All the Things You Are », Lee Konitz, mesure 8. La sixte de

l'accord de CM7 est répétée à trois reprises.

Exemple musical 12 : « All the Things You Are », Lee Konitz, mesures 46-47. Motif construit sur la pentatonique majeur de mi bémol.

Exemple musical 13 : « All the Things You Are », mesures 112 à 116. Déplacement

chromatique et rythmique d'un motif en tierces.

Exemple musical 14 : « All the Things You Are », Lee Konitz, mesure 104. Exemple de jeu rythmique en triolet de broderies supérieures descendantes sur l'accord de Bm7 (b5).

Exemple musical 15 : « All the Things You Are », Lee Konitz, mesures 21 à 23. Dernière phrase du thème joué par Konitz.

Exemple musical 16 : « All the Things You Are », Lee Konitz, mesures 93 à 95. Fragment thématique apparaissant aux mesures 93 à 95.

Listes des enregistrements joints

TRISTANO, Lennie, Sing Sing Room, Confucius Restaurent, New York, Atlantic, 1955

KONITZ, Lee, Enregistrements privés, New York, décembre 2009

Discographie sélective de Lee Konitz

Enregistrements réalisés au cours des années 2000

Konitz, Lee, Live at The Village Vanguard, Enja, 2010

Konitz, Lee, Tepfer, Dan, Duo with Lee, Sunny Side Records, 2009

Konitz, Lee, Talmor Ohad, Portology, OmniTone, 2006

Konitz, Lee, Broadbent, Alain, More Live-Lee, Fantasy Records, 2006

Konitz, Lee, Live-Lee, Milestone, 2003

Konitz Lee, Werner Kenny, Unleemited, Owl, 2003

Konitz, Lee Quintet: Parallels, Chesky, 2001

Konitz Lee Trio, Some New Stuff , DIW, 2001

Konitz Lee : Pride, SteepleChase, 2000

Konitz Lee Quartet: Sound of Surprise, RCA Victor, 2000

Konitz Lee, Perry Rich, RichLee!, SteepleChase, 2000

Konitz, Lee The Axis Quartet: Play French Impressionist Music from the Turn of the Twentieth

Century, Palmetto, 2000

Enregistrements réalisés au cours des années 1990

Konitz, Lee Trio, Another Shade of Blue, Blue Note, 1999

Konitz, Lee Swallow, Steve, Motian, Paul , Three Guys, Enja, 1999

Konitz, Lee Brown, Ted , Dig-It, SteepleChase, 1999

Konitz, Lee , Dearly Beloved ,SteepleChase, 1997

Konitz, Lee , Bley Paul, Out of Nowhere, SteepleChase, 1997

Konitz, Lee , It's You, SteepleChase, 1996

Konitz, Lee , Strings for Holiday: A Tribute To Billie Holiday, Enja, 1996

Konitz, Lee Trio, Alone Together ,Blue Note, 1996

Konitz, Lee , Free with Lee ,Philology,1995

Konitz, Lee, Brazilian Rhapsody, BMG/Music Masters, 1993

Konitz, Lee, Rhapsody ,Evidence, 1993

Konitz, Lee, Rhapsody II ,Evidence, 1993

Konitz, Lee, Once Upon a Line, Musidisc, 1990

Konitz, Lee, Zounds, Soul Note, 1990

Enregistrements réalisés au cours des années 1980

Konitz Lee, Round and Round, Music Masters, 1989

Konitz, Lee Quartet, The New York Album ,Soul Note, 1987

Konitz, Lee Quartet, Ideal Scene ,Soul Note, 1986

Konitz, Lee, Dovetail, Sunnyside, 1983

Konitz, Lee , Solal, Martial, Star Eyes, Hamburg, HatOLOGY, 1983

Konitz, Lee , Evans, Gil , Heroes ,Verve, 1980

Konitz, Lee , Solal, Martial, Live at the Berlin Jazz Days, MPS,1980

Enregistrements réalisés au cours des années 1970

Konitz, Lee Yes, Yes Nonet, Steeple Chase, 1979

Konitz, Lee Nonet, Live at Laren, Soul Note, 1979

Konitz, Lee , Tenorlee, Candid, 1977

Konitz, Lee , The Lee Konitz Nonet, Chiaroscuro, 1977

Marsh, Warne, Konitz, Lee , Lee Konitz Meets Warne Marsh Again, PAUSA, 1976

Konitz, Lee, Galper, Hal, Windows, SteepleChase,1975

Marsh, Warne Quintet, Jazz Exchange, Storyville, 1975

Konitz, Lee , I Concentrate on You, A Tribute to Cole Porter, SteepleChase, 1974

Konitz, Lee , Jazz Juan, SteepleChase, 1974

Konitz, Lee , Lone-Lee, SteepleChase, 1974

Konitz, Lee , Satori ,Milestone/OJC,1974

Mingus, Charles , Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert ,Columbia, 1972

Konitz, Lee , Spirits Milestone, OJC,1971

Konitz, Lee , Lee Konitz Sax Duets, Music Minus One, 1970

Enregistrements réalisés au cours des années 1960

Konitz, Lee, The Lee Konitz Duets, Milestone/OJC, 1967

Konitz, Lee, Motion,Verve, 1961

Enregistrements réalisés au cours des années 1950

Konitz, Lee , Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre, Verve,1959

Konitz, Lee ,Live at the Half Note, Verve, 1959

Konitz, Lee , Inside Hi-Fi, Atlantic, 1956

Konitz, Lee Lee Konitz Featuring Hans Koller, Lars Gullin, Roland Kovac, Swingtime, 1956

Konitz, Lee, Marsh Warne, Lee Konitz/Warne Marsh, Atlantic, 1955

Konitz, Lee, In Harvard Square, Black Lion, 1954

Konitz, Lee, Jazz at Storyville, Black Lion, 1954

Konitz, Lee, Konitz Meets Mulligan, Pacific Jazz, 1953

Konitz, Lee, Lee Konitz/Bob Brookmeyer in Paris,Vogue, 1953

Kenton, Stan, City of Glass: Stan Kenton Plays Bob Graettinger, Capitol, 1952

Konitz, Lee, Sax of a Kind, Dragon, 1951

Enregistrements réalisés au cours des années 1940

Konitz, Lee, Subconscious-Lee, Prestige/OJ, 1949

Konitz, Lee Quintet, Lee Konitz, Prestige, 1949

Tristano, Lennie, Marsh Warne : Intuition, Capitol, 1949

Davis, Miles, Birth of the Cool, Capitol, 1949

Thornhill, Claude, The Uncollected Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra, Hindsight, 1947

Kenton Stan,Retrospective, Capitol, 1943

Index des noms propres

ADERLEY Cannonball, 27

AMMONS Gene, 16

ANDERSON Lynn, 41

ANDRESON Lynn, 41

ARMSTRONG Louis, 7, 24, 26, 28,

46, 50, 53

BACH Johann Sebastian, 10, 27, 44

Back, 27, 110

BASIE Count, 11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21,

25, 26, 34, 57, 67

BAUER Billy, 39, 40, 52, 67

Be-bop, 29, 54, 107, 108

BEIDERBEKE Bix, 23, 48

BENNET Tony, 18

BERNSTEIN Peter, 11, 12

Big band, 57, 61, 63, 64, 65

BIMBAUM Larry, 30

Bird, 25, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 46,

47, 61

BLAKEY Art, 48, 52

BROWN Ted, 82, 116

BYAS Don, 17, 26, 32

BYAS Louis, 17, 26, 32

CANDOLI Conte, 69

CARISI John, 61, 63

CARISIS JOHN, 63

CARTER Benny, 26, 31, 34, 61

CHINEN Nat, 53, 109

COHN Al, 16, 24, 25

COLEMAN Ornette, 6, 9, 39

COLTRANE John, 6, 49, 54, 56, 74,

61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 108,

109, 118, 121

CROTHERS Connie, 11, 12, 39

CUBER Ronnie, 64

CUGNY Laurent, 1, 37, 74

DAVIS Miles, 7, 11, 26, 33, 39, 43,

48, 49, 51, 54, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62,

63, 66, 84, 108, 118, 121

Debussy, 57

DESMOND Paul, 24, 25

DEVAUX Scott, 43

DORSEY Jimmy, 23, 81

ECKERT JOHN, 64

ELLINGTON Duke, 57, 66

ELLIS Don, 66

EVANS Gil, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63,

64, 116

EXNER Billy, 60

FEATHER Leonard, 23

FREEMAN Bud, 39

GALBRAITH Joseph Barry, 60

GIDDINS Gary, 43, 65

GLASSER Dave, 11, 12

GORDON Jack, 108

GRAETTINGER Bob, 66, 118

HADEN Charlie, 87, 94, 98

HAIG Al, 51

HAMILTON Andy, 9, 10, 29, 38,

44, 46, 49, 52, 61, 63, 64, 67, 68,

69, 95, 97

HAMMERSTEIN II Oscar, 6

HAYES Kevin, 12

HEATH Jimmy, 27

HENTOFF Nat, 22

HERMAN Woody, 58, 66

HINES Earl, 40

HODGES Johnny, 24, 26, 28, 31,

34

HOKUSAI, 104

HOLIDAY Billie, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22,

23, 46, 116

HOLMAN Bill, 66, 68

Hot, 11, 20, 21, 25, 29, 31, 48, 50,

60, 109, 121

HUBBARD Freddie, 46

Improvisatiom, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 17, 18,

19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 32, 33, 36,

37, 40, 41, 44, 47, 52, 53, 54, 57,

69, 74, 75, 83, 84, 85, 87, 94, 95,

96, 97, 98, 103, 104, 113, 121

Improvisation, 11, 20, 37, 41, 109

IND Peter, 10

IRA BLOOM Jane, 12

JONES Jo, 17

KAMUCA Richie, 25

KELLY Ted, 61

KENTON Stan, 7, 56, 57, 58, 64, 65,

67, 68, 82, 111, 118, 121

KERN Jerome, 6, 81

KIRBY John, 32

KIRCHNER Bill, 10, 51, 107

KLOPOTOWSKI John, 11, 12

104	HANCOCK Herbie, 43			, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20,
Cool, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15, 20, 24, 32,	HARRELL Tom, 64			21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30,
39, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 57, 60,	HAWKINS Coleman, 15, 17, 20, 22,			31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 44, 45,
	23, 26, 32, 36			46, 47, 49, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59,
60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 70,		33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 49, 50,	SHAW Artie, 66, 81
74, 75, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 93,		52, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 69,	SHIM Eummi, 10, 45
95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 103, 104,		74, 82, 83, 84, 93, 103, 104, 108,	SINATRA Franck, 18, 22
108, 109, 110, 111, 115, 116,		109, 111, 121	STITT Sonny, 27

117, 118, 121

LEVEY Stan, 51, 69

LEVY Lou, 45

LEWIS John, 61, 66

LEWIS Mel, 66

LOU WILLIAMS Marie, 39

LOVANO Joe, 9

LUNCEFORD Jimmy, 64

MARSH Warne, 5, 10, 12, 16, 24,

36, 38, 39, 40, 44, 46, 47, 51, 52,

54, 82, 104, 108, 109, 117, 118

MCKIBBON Al, 61

MCKUSICK Hal, 61

MCLEAN Jackie, 30, 52, 109

MEADOES Eddie, 10

MEHLDAU Brad, 87, 98

MERLIN Arnaud, 24, 107

MILHAUD Darius, 65

MINGUS Charles, 67, 117

MONK Thelonious, 34, 54, 56

MOTIAN Paul, 87, 98, 115

MULLIGAN Gerry, 51, 57, 61, 62,

63, 66, 110, 118

NAVARRO Fats, 33, 46

NAVARRO Fatz, 46

NIEHAUS Lennie, 66

Orchestre, 24

PARKER Charlie, 6, 7, 11, 15, 16,

19, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32,

PATITUCCI John, 12

PEPPER Art, 39, 48, 52, 66

PERKINS Bill, 66

PERSIP Charles, 12

PETERSON Oscar, 18, 21, 23

PFEFFER Bruno, 28, 110

POWELL Bud, 33, 37, 40, 46, 53,

84

Prez, 15, 16, 17, 21, 24, 27, 46

QUIEVREUX Jean -Francois, 29,

31

QUIEVREUX Jean-Francois, 29, 31,

60, 109

QUILL Gene, 27

RAMEY Gene, 82

RICHARDS Johnny, 66

ROACH Max, 33, 61

ROBERT Aubert, 29, 31, 54, 60,

109

RODGERS Shorty, 48, 66

RODNEY Red, 51, 60, 64

ROSOLINO Franck, 66, 69

RUGOLO Pete, 61, 65

RUSSO Bill, 67, 69

SABBAGH Jerome, 11

SABBAGH Jérôme, 11

SAID Edward, 10

SCHILDKRAUT Dave, 69

SCHULLER Gunter, 65, 66

STRAVINSKY Igor, 26, 65

STREET Ben, 11, 12

TATUM Art, 26, 32, 33, 40

TAYLOR Art, 82, 84

TAYLOR Cecil, 39

TERCINET Alain, 107

THORNHILL Claude, 7, 57, 58, 59,

60, 62, 111, 118

TRISTANO Lennie, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10,

12, 15, 26, 27, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39,

40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49,

50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 59, 61, 65,

67, 69, 70, 74, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86,

98, 103, 104, 107, 108, 118, 121

TRUMBAUER Franck, 21, 23, 48,

61

ULANOV Barry, 39

WATROUS Peter, 52, 109

WILDER Alec, 81

WILLIAMS Gene, 60

WILSON Teddy, 16, 17, 18

WINDING Kay, 61

WOODS Phil, 9, 27, 39, 51, 52

YOUNG Lester, 5, 7, 11, 15, 16, 18,

19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30,

34, 36, 37, 41, 46, 48, 50, 53, 57,

61, 67, 69, 104, 107, 111, 113,

121

ZERWIN Mike, 74

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