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Lennie Tristano
p, 1919-1978 US, Chicago
Musician / Composer / Arranger of Jazz
A.k.a. Leonard Joseph Tristano
Leonard Joseph "Lennie" 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. Tristano's innovations continued in 1951, with the first overdubbed, improvised jazz recordings, and two years later, when he recorded an atonal improvised solo piano piece that was based on the development of motifs rather than on harmonies. He developed f
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New Sound: Solo/Trio/Quartet 1945-1947 | Lennie Tristano | 2018 | Compil. |
| Chicago April 1951 | Lennie Tristano | 2014 | Album |
| The Definitive Lennie Tristano: Copenhagen - New York - Berlin | Lennie Tristano | 2008 | Album |
| Pastime | Lennie Tristano | 2008 | Compil. |
| Abstraction & Improvisation | Lennie Tristano | 2007 | Compil. |
| Complete Recordings | Charlie Parker With Lennie Tristano | 2006 | Compil. |
| In Europe | John Coltrane Quintet W/ Eric Dolphy + Lennie Tristano | 2005 | Album |
| Live In New York | Lennie Tristano | 2004 | Album |
| 1947-1951 | Lennie Tristano | 2003 | Compil. |
| Intuition | Lennie Tristano | 2003 | Compil. |
| Solo & Trios 1946/1947 | Lennie Tristano | 2002 | Compil. |
| Betty Scott Sing With Lennie Tristano | Betty Scott, Lennie Tristano | 2001 | Album |
| 1946-1947 | Lennie Tristano | 2001 | Compil. |
| The Lost Tapes | Lennie Tristano | 2001 | Compil. |
| Jazz Piano Masters | Lennie Tristano, Dave Brubeck | 2000 | Compil. |
| Holiday In Piano | Lennie Tristano, Arnold Ross | 2000 | Album |
| Supersonic (Portrait Of A Genius) | Lennie Tristano | 1999 | Compil. |
| Out On A Limb | Lennie Tristano | 1998 | Compil. |
| The Complete Atlantic Recordings Of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, & Warne Marsh | Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh | 1997 | Album |
| The Copenhagen Concert | Lennie Tristano | 1997 | Album |
| Concert In Copenhagen | Lennie Tristano | 1997 | Album |
| Lennie Tristano Featuring Lee Konitz | Lennie Tristano Featuring Lee Konitz | 1996 | Compil. |
| Trio, Quartet, Quintet & Sextet: 1946-1949 | Lennie Tristano | 1996 | Compil. |
| Intuition | Lennie Tristano & Warne Marsh | 1996 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Lennie Tristano | Lennie Tristano | 1995 | Compil. |
| Lennie Tristano / The New Tristano | Lennie Tristano | 1994 | Compil. |
| Why Do I Love You? Rare Broadcasts 1947-48 | Miles Davis & His Tuba Band / Lennie Tristano | 1993 | Compil. |
| Note To Note | Lennie Tristano | 1993 | Album |
| Lennie Tristano | Lennie Tristano | 1992 | Compil. |
| Intuition | Lennie Tristano | 1990 | Compil. |
| Piano Summit | Earl Hines - Teddy Wilson - John Lewis - Lennie Tristano - Bill Evans - Jaki Byard | 1990 | Album |
| Lennie Tristano | Lennie Tristano | 1989 | Compil. |
| Lennie Tristano | Lennie Tristano | 1988 | Compil. |
| Lennie Tristano | Lennie Tristano | 1987 | Album |
| Blues of a Kind | Lennie Tristano | 1986 | Album |
| Crosscurrents | Lennie Tristano / Tadd Dameron | 1986 | Compil. |
| Continuity | Lennie Tristano | 1985 | Album |
| New York Improvisations | Lennie Tristano | 1983 | Album |
| Cool & Quiet | Lennie Tristano, Buddy DeFranco | 1982 | Compil. |
| The Lost Session | Earl Swope Sextet Feat Lennie Tristano | 1982 | Album |
| The Rarest Trio/Quartet Sessions 1946/1947 | Lennie Tristano | 1981 | Compil. |
| Requiem | Lennie Tristano | 1980 | Compil. |
| The Modern Jazz Piano Album | The Bebop Boys / Lennie Tristano / George Wallington / Herbie Nichols / Dodo Marmarosa / Kenny Clarke Quintet | 1980 | Compil. |
| Cool In Jam | Lennie Tristano | 1979 | Album |
| V.I.P.-Jazz 17 Lennie Tristano (Intuition - Club Edition) | Lennie Tristano | 1979 | Compil. |
| Lennie Tristano | Lennie Tristano | 1979 | Compil. |
| Descent Into The Maelstrom | Lennie Tristano | 1976 | Album |
| New Sounds In The Forties | Lennie Tristano and Boyd Raeburn And His Orchestra | 1974 | Compil. |
| A Guiding Light Of The Forties | Lennie Tristano | 1973 | Album |
| Crosscurrents | Lennie Tristano & Buddy DeFranco | 1972 | Compil. |
| Lennie Tristano | Lennie Tristano | 1970 | Single |
| Requiem For Charlie Parker | Lennie Tristano | 1961 | Single |
| The New Tristano | Lennie Tristano | 1960 | Album |
| Lennie Tristano Vol. 2 | Lennie Tristano | 1957 | Single |
| Modern Jazz Piano: Four Views | Mary Lou Williams / Art Tatum / Erroll Garner / Lennie Tristano | 1957 | Compil. |
| Lennie Tristano Vol. 1 | Lennie Tristano | 1957 | Single |
| The Jazz Keyboards | Lennie Tristano, Marian McPartland, Bobby Scott, Joe Bushkin | 1955 | Album |
| Subconscious-Lee | Lee Konitz With Lennie Tristano, Warne Marsh & Billy Bauer | 1955 | Compil. |
| Lennie Tristano | Lennie Tristano | 1955 | Single |
| Lennie Tristano | Lennie Tristano | 1955 | Album |
| Lee Wiley Sings And Lennie Tristano Plays | Lee Wiley And Lennie Tristano | 1954 | Album |
| Classics In Jazz | Lennie Tristano | 1954 | Single |
| Ju-Ju / Pastime | Lennie Tristano | 1952 | Single |
| Speculation / Through These Portals ... | Lennie Tristano | Album | |
| Volume 5 | Lennie Tristano | Single | |
| Interlude | Arnold Ross, Lennie Tristano | Single | |
| Lee Wiley Sings And Lennie Tristano Plays | Lee Wiley And Lennie Tristano | Single | |
| Charlie The Bird Parker & Lennie Tristano | Charlie Parker & Lennie Tristano | Album | |
| France Salutes The American Jazzmen Vol. 5 - Those Long Lost Parker Broadcasts With "Bird's" Afro Cubop Group | Charlie Parker / Lennie Tristano | Album | |
| Chicago & New York Scene | Lennie Tristano | Compil. | |
| Mottola-Tristano | Tony Mottola, Lennie Tristano | Album | |
| A Knight In The Village | Bill Harris All Stars With Flip Phillips And Lennie Tristano | Album | |
| Bebop | Red Rodney & Lennie Tristano | Compil. | |
| Can't Get Started With You/ Out On A Limb/ The Moon Is Low/ Stairway To The Stars | Arnold Ross, Lennie Tristano | Single | |
| Solo In Europe | Lennie Tristano | Album | |
| Piano Stylist | Lennie Tristano | Single | |
| Line Up / Requiem | Lennie Tristano | Single |
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