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Leonard Joseph Tristano 19 March 1919 – 18 November 1978 Was A Jazz Pianist Composer And Teacher Of Jazz Improvisation. He Performed In The Cool Jazz Bebop Post Bop And Avant-Garde Jazz Genres. He Remains A Somewhat Overlooked Figure In Jazz History But His Enormous Originality And Dazzling Work As An Improviser Have Long Been Appreciated By Knowledgeable Jazz Fans. In Addition His Work As A Jazz Educator Meant That He Has Exerted A Substantial Influence On Jazz Through Figures Such As Lee Konitz And Bill Evans. Tristano Was Born In Chicago Into An Italian Immigrant Family From Aversa. At Six Years Of Age He Suffered An Attack Of The Measles. His Eyesight Weakened At Birth By Influenza Grew Weaker. Adept At Mathematics And Placed In Classes Where Finally He Studied Piano And Music Theory From Pre-Teen Years He Graduated With A Bachelor's Degree From His Home Town's American Conservatory Of Music In 1943.
His Interest In Jazz Inspired A Move To New York City In 1946. Tristano's Advanced Grasp Of Harmony Fit With The Prevailing Bebop Movement And He Earned A Reputation As A Gifted Pianist Performing And Recording With Bebop's Preeminent Figures Dizzy Gillespie And Charlie Parker. Tristano Formed A Sextet Featuring Saxophone Players Lee Konitz And Warne Marsh That Recorded A Number Of Acclaimed Compositions Including 1949's "Intuition" And "Digression." Both Songs Were Completely Improvised With No Prearranged Melody Harmony Or Rhythm. These Two Songs Are Sometimes Cited Among The First Examples Of Free Jazz And Earliest Free Improvisations. Tristano's Compositions – Sometimes Classified As Cool Jazz – Are Noted For Their Sometimes Unusual Structure Including Use Of Counterpoint A Feature Still Rare Among Jazz Performances. Lennie Tristano Released Two Important Albums On Atlantic Records. "Lennie Tristano" From 1955 Included A Tribute To Charlie Parker After His Death "Requiem". "The New Tristano" From 1962 Is Regarded As One Of The More Important Solo Piano Recordings In Jazz. Some Of His Live Performances Were Recorded And Have Been Released. Among These Are Live Performances From The Half Note Club In New York From The 1950's And Concerts In Europe From The 1960's. Tristano Was One Of The First Musicians To Start His Own Record Label. This Label Jazz Records Is Still In Existence And Is Run By Lennie's Daughter Carol Tristano A Great Drummer. By The Mid-1950's Tristano Focused His Energies More On Music Education. He Can Be Regarded As One Of The First Jazz Teachers Who Taught Jazz In A Structured Way Starting From The Late 1940's Until His Death In 1978. His Innovative Tutelage Has Inpired An Eclectic Group Of Artists Charles Mingus Bill Russo Connie Crothers Lenny Popkin Sal Mosca Herbie Hancock Lee Konitz Warne Marsh Sheila Jordan Bill Evans Billy Bauer Fran Canisius Betty Scott Jeff Morton Willie Dennis Don Ferrara Peter Ind And Even Rock Guitarist Joe Satriani. A Book By Peter Ind Who Played With Lennie Tristano Live And At Recordings Jazz Visions Lennie Tristano And His Legacy Was Released In October 2005. The Book Documents And Discusses Tristano's Contributions To Jazz Music.
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Leonard Joseph Tristano 19 March 1919 – 18 November 1978 Was A Jazz Pianist Composer And Teacher Of Jazz Improvisation. He Performed In The Cool Jazz Bebop Post Bop And Avant-Garde Jazz Genres. He Remains A Somewhat Overlooked Figure In Jazz History But His Enormous Originality And Dazzling Work As An Improviser Have Long Been Appreciated By Knowledgeable Jazz Fans. In Addition His Work As A Jazz Educator Meant That He Has Exerted A Substantial Influence On Jazz Through Figures Such As Lee Konitz And Bill Evans. Tristano Was Born In Chicago Into An Italian Immigrant Family From Aversa. At Six Years Of Age He Suffered An Attack Of The Measles. His Eyesight Weakened At Birth By Influenza Grew Weaker. Adept At Mathematics And Placed In Classes Where Finally He Studied Piano And Music Theory From Pre-Teen Years He Graduated With A Bachelor's Degree From His Home Town's American Conservatory Of Music In 1943.
His Interest In Jazz Inspired A Move To New York City In 1946. Tristano's Advanced Grasp Of Harmony Fit With The Prevailing Bebop Movement And He Earned A Reputation As A Gifted Pianist Performing And Recording With Bebop's Preeminent Figures Dizzy Gillespie And Charlie Parker. Tristano Formed A Sextet Featuring Saxophone Players Lee Konitz And Warne Marsh That Recorded A Number Of Acclaimed Compositions Including 1949's "Intuition" And "Digression." Both Songs Were Completely Improvised With No Prearranged Melody Harmony Or Rhythm. These Two Songs Are Sometimes Cited Among The First Examples Of Free Jazz And Earliest Free Improvisations. Tristano's Compositions – Sometimes Classified As Cool Jazz – Are Noted For Their Sometimes Unusual Structure Including Use Of Counterpoint A Feature Still Rare Among Jazz Performances. Lennie Tristano Released Two Important Albums On Atlantic Records. "Lennie Tristano" From 1955 Included A Tribute To Charlie Parker After His Death "Requiem". "The New Tristano" From 1962 Is Regarded As One Of The More Important Solo Piano Recordings In Jazz. Some Of His Live Performances Were Recorded And Have Been Released. Among These Are Live Performances From The Half Note Club In New York From The 1950's And Concerts In Europe From The 1960's. Tristano Was One Of The First Musicians To Start His Own Record Label. This Label Jazz Records Is Still In Existence And Is Run By Lennie's Daughter Carol Tristano A Great Drummer. By The Mid-1950's Tristano Focused His Energies More On Music Education. He Can Be Regarded As One Of The First Jazz Teachers Who Taught Jazz In A Structured Way Starting From The Late 1940's Until His Death In 1978. His Innovative Tutelage Has Inpired An Eclectic Group Of Artists Charles Mingus Bill Russo Connie Crothers Lenny Popkin Sal Mosca Herbie Hancock Lee Konitz Warne Marsh Sheila Jordan Bill Evans Billy Bauer Fran Canisius Betty Scott Jeff Morton Willie Dennis Don Ferrara Peter Ind And Even Rock Guitarist Joe Satriani. A Book By Peter Ind Who Played With Lennie Tristano Live And At Recordings Jazz Visions Lennie Tristano And His Legacy Was Released In October 2005. The Book Documents And Discusses Tristano's Contributions To Jazz Music. read less
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His Interest In Jazz Inspired A Move To New York City In 1946. Tristano's Advanced Grasp Of Harmony Fit With The Prevailing Bebop Movement And He Earned A Reputation As A Gifted Pianist Performing And Recording With Bebop's Preeminent Figures Dizzy Gillespie And Charlie Parker. Tristano Formed A Sextet Featuring Saxophone Players Lee Konitz And Warne Marsh That Recorded A Number Of Acclaimed Compositions Including 1949's "Intuition" And "Digression." Both Songs Were Completely Improvised With No Prearranged Melody Harmony Or Rhythm. These Two Songs Are Sometimes Cited Among The First Examples Of Free Jazz And Earliest Free Improvisations. Tristano's Compositions – Sometimes Classified As Cool Jazz – Are Noted For Their Sometimes Unusual Structure Including Use Of Counterpoint A Feature Still Rare Among Jazz Performances. Lennie Tristano Released Two Important Albums On Atlantic Records. "Lennie Tristano" From 1955 Included A Tribute To Charlie Parker After His Death "Requiem". "The New Tristano" From 1962 Is Regarded As One Of The More Important Solo Piano Recordings In Jazz. Some Of His Live Performances Were Recorded And Have Been Released. Among These Are Live Performances From The Half Note Club In New York From The 1950's And Concerts In Europe From The 1960's. Tristano Was One Of The First Musicians To Start His Own Record Label. This Label Jazz Records Is Still In Existence And Is Run By Lennie's Daughter Carol Tristano A Great Drummer. By The Mid-1950's Tristano Focused His Energies More On Music Education. He Can Be Regarded As One Of The First Jazz Teachers Who Taught Jazz In A Structured Way Starting From The Late 1940's Until His Death In 1978. His Innovative Tutelage Has Inpired An Eclectic Group Of Artists Charles Mingus Bill Russo Connie Crothers Lenny Popkin Sal Mosca Herbie Hancock Lee Konitz Warne Marsh Sheila Jordan Bill Evans Billy Bauer Fran Canisius Betty Scott Jeff Morton Willie Dennis Don Ferrara Peter Ind And Even Rock Guitarist Joe Satriani. A Book By Peter Ind Who Played With Lennie Tristano Live And At Recordings Jazz Visions Lennie Tristano And His Legacy Was Released In October 2005. The Book Documents And Discusses Tristano's Contributions To Jazz Music. read less
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Lennie Tristano - Lennie Tristano Release Date Aug 25 1998 Lennie Tristano's Atlantic Debut Was A Controversial Album At The Time Of Its Release. Though Tristano Was Regarded As A Stellar And Innovative Bebop Pianist He Had Been Absent From Recording For Six Years And Had Founded A Jazz School Where He Focused Instead On Teaching. The First Four Tunes On This Set Shocked The Jazz World At The Time Of Their Release Though Not Critic Barry Ulanov Who Was Tristano's Greatest Champion And Wrote The Liner Notes For The Set . The Reason Was That On Those Four Original Tunes -- "Line Up " "Requiem " "Turkish Mambo " And "East Thirty-Second" -- Tristano Actually Overdubbed Piano Lines And Sped The Tape Up And Down For Effect. While The Effect Is Quite Listenable And Only Jarring In The Most Splendid Sense Of The Word -- Because Of The Sharp Angular Arpeggios And The Knotty Involved Method Of Improvising That Came Directly By Improvising Against The Rhythm Section Of Drummer Jeff Morton And Bassist Peter Ind -- It Was Literally Unheard Of At The Time. The Last Five Tunes On The Disc Were Recorded Live With A Rhythm Section Of Bassist Gene Ramey And Drummer Art Taylor. Lee Konitz Plays Alto As Well. The Tunes Are All Standards Including "These Foolish Things " "Ghost Of A Chance " And "All The Things You Are." The Performance Is Flawless With Beautiful Interplay Between Lee And Lennie And Stellar Harmonic Ideas Coming Down From The Bandstand In A Fluid Relaxed Manner. This Is A Gorgeous Album With A Beautiful Juxtaposition Between Its First And Second Halves With The Rhythmic And Intervallic Genius Of Tristano As An Improviser On Full Display During The First Half And The Pianist As A Supreme Lyrical And Swinging Harmonist During The Back Half.