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Leonard Joseph Tristano (1919 - 1978) was a jazz pianist and composer. Tristano was blind from infancy and studied piano and music theory from pre-teen years. He is sometimes regarded as an unduly overlooked figure in jazz history.

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.

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FootToFace wrote:
Tuesday morning

v v basically

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JoshCIVM wrote:
25 days ago

The lost genius.

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Vidreven wrote:
30 days ago

Song Descent into the maelstrom is wicked.

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tekkie69 wrote:
June 2009

what a path he left behind

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courtofmiracles wrote:
October 2008

:D

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FretboardFumble wrote:
January 2008

Descent into the Maelstrom: Overwhelming...I've never heard such aggresion from a piano(-s), even from Peter Brötzmann's brutal 'Machine Gun'. Wonderful, acidy madness.

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PsychoTherapy wrote:
July 2007

Genius.

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shoyland wrote:
August 2006

Vote Yes (for the pic) on that handsome talented chain-smoker.

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