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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.
Mar 15, 2024 · Lennie Tristano (born March 19, 1919, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died November 18, 1978, New York City, New York) was an American jazz pianist, a major figure of cool jazz and an influential teacher. Tristano, who became totally blind as a child, began playing piano in taverns at age 12.
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Feb 22, 2022 · Jazz pianist Lennie Tristano didn't make many commercial recordings or perform so often in nightclubs. But at home in New York, he taught hundreds of students and recorded myriad hours of his own...
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Mar 13, 2023 · A controversial figure both then and now, jazz pianist Lennie Tristano left bebop in a trail of dust, pioneered free jazz and brought jazz into the intellectual sphere. In this article, we’ll be taking a tour through some of his greatest albums.
Apr 28, 2022 · A pianist of exceptional co-ordination and skill, for whom playing in different metres with each hand held no terrors, Lennie Tristano overcame blindness to become one of the leading teachers in jazz. While he was studying for his music degree in Chicago in the early 1940s, he had already begun playing and working with a circle of musicians who ...
Feb 11, 2022 · The late pianist Lennie Tristano’s vision of modern jazz stressed harmonic development and the ridges and contours of the improvised line. That those contours had jagged edges is confirmed...
Lennie Tristano is one of those who have not yet received their critical due. In the mid-’40s, the Chicago-born pianist arrived on the scene with a concept that genuinely expanded the prevailing bop aesthetic.
