Remembering Lee Konitz
Saxophonist Lee Konitz passed away on April 15, 2020 from complications of the coronavirus. He was 92.
You can find our interview with him here.
To read more about his life, click here.
It’s New Orleans jazz clarinet in street parades and clubs. We’ll hear clarinet in the hands of past and present legends: George Lewis, Sidney Bechet, Dr. Michael White and Aurora Nealand, plus a conversation with a sometime New Orleans clarinet virtuoso, Evan Christopher. Then, a live cultural exchange between French Louisiana and West Africa with singer, percussionist and dancer Sidiki Conde from Guinea and zydeco accordionist, cultural historian and sometime alligator wrangler, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes.
Saxophonist Lee Konitz passed away on April 15, 2020 from complications of the coronavirus. He was 92.
You can find our interview with him here.
To read more about his life, click here.