LENNIE TRISTANO
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(b 19 March '19, Chicago; d 18 Nov. '78) Pianist, composer, teacher. Born during an epidemic, he was blind by age eleven. He also played reeds and played in dixieland and rhumba bands, absorbing everything. He recorded in NYC '45 with trombonist Earl Swope (b 4 Aug. '22, Hagerstown MD; d 3 Jan. '68, Washington DC), the 'Lost Session' sextet; Tristano's impetuosity on different solos on two takes of 'Tea For Two' is impressive in view of his later reputation for being too cerebral. He had an extraordinary impact for someone whose work had little commercial appeal; his love of counterpoint (and use of block chords) was probably an influence on Dave Brubeck. His harmonic thinking made him with Art Tatum and Duke Ellington one of the great harmonists in jazz; though his music was incredibly and densely rich, he and his best students created endlessly beautiful variations on a
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Wow
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1991
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Requiem
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1980
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