Jazz Artists of the Day – Lee Konitz and Pharoah Sanders
Lee Konitz and Pharoah Sanders share an October 13th birthday Lee Konitz And Pharoah Sanders Two iconic jazz saxophone players share October 13th as their birthday. One, is alto sax player Lee Konitz. Konitrz is considered one of the main figures in the cool jazz movement. However, Konitz also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings throughout his career. The other,is tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. Sanders is an important figure in the development of free jazz. In 1949 and 1950 Konitz was a member of Miles Davis’s band that recorded with the tracks that became the Birth of the Cool album. From Wikipedia: The…