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Lennie Tristano

Leonard Joseph « Lennie » Tristano · American jazz pianist and composer (1919–1978) · 1919–1978

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Leonard Joseph Tristano (March 19, 1919 – November 18, 1978) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher of jazz improvisation. Tristano studied for bachelor's and master's degrees in music in Chicago before moving to New York City in 1946. He played with leading bebop musicians and formed his own small bands, which soon displayed some of his early interests – contrapuntal interaction of instruments, harmonic flexibility, and rhythmic complexity. His quintet in 1949 recorded the first free group improvisations. […]

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Series · 29 Jun 2022John Lewis: classical or jazz?
  1. 13:48A blind pianist of Italian origin who greatly influenced the cool.
  2. 15:47Recognized mainly by musicians, he practices an asceticism: solos over the middle three octaves, with a mastery of rhythm and harmony.
  3. 16:53His Requiem for Parker begins like a Schumann prelude and continues into the archaic essence of the blues.

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