Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.
Lee KonitzI understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.
Lee KonitzI just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart.
Lee Konitz