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Lennie Tristano

A trail-blazing teacher and pianist, Lennie Tristano (1919-78) influenced the likes of Bill Evans and Charles Mingus, while creating coolly radical music of his own. Geoffrey Smith salutes a unique free-jazz pioneer.

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Sun 16 Jun 2019 00:00
BBC Radio 3

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  • Lennie Tristano

    Yesterdays

    • Intuition.
    • Proper.
    • 8.

  • Lennie Tristano

    Out On A Limb

    • Intuition.
    • Proper.
    • 14.

  • Lennie Tristano

    I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You

    • Intuition.
    • Proper.
    • 6.

  • Lennie Tristano

    Victory Ball

    Ensemble: Metronome All-Stars Band.
    • Intuition.
    • Proper.
    • 1.

  • Lennie Tristano Quintet

    Retrospection

    • Intuition.
    • Proper.
    • 4.

  • Lennie Tristano Quintet

    Wow

    • Intuition.
    • Proper.
    • 6.

  • Lennie Tristano Sextet

    Crosscurrent

    • Intuition.
    • Proper.
    • 7.

  • Lennie Tristano Sextet

    Marionette

    • Intuition.
    • Proper.
    • 9.

  • Lennie Tristano Sextet

    Intuition

    • Intuition.
    • Proper.
    • 11.

  • Lennie Tristano

    Ju-Ju

    • Intuition.
    • Proper.
    • 3.

  • Lennie Tristano

    Turkish Mambo

    • Lennie Tristano.
    • London Records.
    • 1.

  • Lennie Tristano

    Requiem

    • Lennie Tristano.
    • London.
    • 2.

  • Lennie Tristano & Lee Konitz

    These Foolish Things

    • Lennie Tristano.
    • London Records.
    • 5.

  • Lennie Tristano

    C Minor Complex

    • The New Tristano.
    • Atlantic.
    • 2.

Geoffrey Smith's Jazz

Title:                   Yesterdays

Artist:                  Lennie Tristano

Composer:         Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach

Album:                Intuition

Label:                 Proper 1353, Tr. 8

Performers:        Lennie Tristano (piano)

                 

Title:                  Out on a Limb

Artist:                 Lennie Tristano

Composer:        Lennie Tristano

Album:               Intuition

Label:                Proper 1353, Tr. 8

Performers:       Lennie Tristano (piano), Billy Bauer (guitar), Clyde Lombardi (bass)

 

Title:                  I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You

Artist:                 Lennie Tristano

Composer:        Crosby/Washington

Album:               Intuition

Label:                Proper P1353, Tr. 6

Performers:       Lennie Tristano (piano), Billy Bauer (guitar), Clyde Lombardi (bass)

 

Title:                  Victory Ball

Artist:                 Lennie Tristano

Composer:         Lennie Tristano/Billy Bauer/Charlie Parker

Album:                Intuition

Label:                 Proper P1353, Tr. 1

Performers:       Metronome All-Stars;  Lennie Tristano (piano), Charlie Parker (alto), Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, (tp), Kai Winding, J.J. Johnson (tb) Charlie Ventura (tenor) Ernie Caceres, (baritone)  Buddy DeFranco (clarinet) Billy Bauer (guitar) Eddie Safranski, Shelly Manne (bass and drums)

 

Title:                   Retrospection

Artist:                  Lennie Tristano

Composer:         Lennie Tristano

Album:                Intuition

Label:                 Proper P1353, Tr. 4

Performers:       Lennie Tristano (piano), Lee Konitz (alto), Billy Bauer (guitar) Arnold Fishkin (bass)

 

Title:                   Wow

Artist:                  Lennie Tristano

Composer:         Lennie Tristano

Album:                Intuition

Label:                 Proper P1353, Tr. 6

Performers:        Lennie Tristano Sextet: (piano), Lee Konitz (alto) Warne Marsh (tenor), Billy Bauer (guitar) Arnold Fishkin, Harold Granowsky (bass and drums)


Title:                  Crosscurrent

Artist:                 Lennie Tristano

Composer:        Lennie Tristano

Album:               Intuition

Label:                Proper P1353, Tr. 7

Performers:       Lennie Tristano Sextet: (piano), Lee Konitz (alto) Warne Marsh (tenor), Billy Bauer (guitar) Arnold Fishkin, Harold Granowsky (bass and drums)

 

Title:                  Marionette

Artist:                Lennie Tristano

Composer:        Lennie Tristano

Album:               Intuition

Label:                Proper P1353, Tr. 9

Performers:       Lennie Tristano Sextet: (piano), Lee Konitz (alto) Warne Marsh (tenor), Billy Bauer (guitar) Arnold Fishkin, Harold Granowsky (bass and drums)

 

Title:                   Intuition

Artist:                 Lennie Tristano

Composer:         Lennie Tristano

Album:                Intuition

Label:                 Proper P1353, Tr. 11

Performers:        Lennie Tristano Sextet: (piano), Lee Konitz (alto) Warne Marsh (tenor), Billy Bauer (guitar) Arnold Fishkin, Harold Granowsky (bass and drums)


Title:                  Ju-Ju

Artist:                 Lennie Tristano

Composer:        Lennie Tristano

Album:              Intuition

Label:               Proper P1353, Tr. 3

Performers:      Lennie Tristano (piano), Lee Konitz (alto) Warne Marsh (tenor), Billy Bauer (guitar) Arnold Fishkin, Harold Granowsky (bass and drums)

 

Title:                 Turkish Mambo

Artist:                Lennie Tristano

Composer:        Lennie Tristano

Album:              Lennie Tristano

Label:               London LTZ-K 15033, Tr. 3

Performers:      Lennie Tristano (piano)

 

Title:                 Requiem

Artist:                Lennie Tristano

Composer:       Lennie Tristano

Album:              Lennie Tristano

Label:               London LTZ-K 15033, Tr. 2

Performers:      Lennie Tristano (piano)

 

Artist:                Lennie Tristano

Title:                 These Foolish Things

Composer:       Lennie Tristano

Album:              Lennie Tristano

Label:               London LTZ-K 15033, Tr. 2

Performers:      Lennie Tristano (piano), Lee Konitz (alto)

 

Artist:                Lennie Tristano

Title:                 C Minor Complex

Composer:       Lennie Tristano

Album:              The New Tristano

Label:               Atlantic 590-017

Performers:      Lennie Tristano (piano),

 

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 Apr 2015 00:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sun 16 Jun 2019 00:00
    BBC Radio 3

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