Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Lennie Tristano

Lennie Tristano is a somewhat neglected figure in the jazz world, known as much for the musicians who played with him, like Lee Konitz, as for his own abilities. Here is a rare clip of Tristano playing solo piano in Copenhagen in 1965. The song is "Tangerine".

1 comment:

goinsidemyhead said...

....just beautiful...what a talent...I sure wish he would have recorded more....any way this just destroys...huge!