Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.
Lee KonitzI could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound.
Lee KonitzI understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.
Lee Konitz