One of the great jazz educators and innovators, this unheralded pianist was an inspiration to generations of musicians Miles Davis is often associated with the late-1940s jazz that came to be known as The Birth of the Cool . But the blind Chicago pianist LennieTristano was just as significant a figure in that seismic shift. Unfortunately, most people outside the jazz loop don't know...
... mix of originals and pieces from the great jazz composers, including Billy Strayhorn, Bill Evans, LennieTristano, Kenny Wheeler & Dizzy Gillespie...
This quote fromts his website - pretty impressive "This is one of those names that should be uttered only in hushed tones. Not only was he taught by the peerless guitar picker the Rev Gary Davis, but Mann has played with Son House, Bukka White and John Fahey and has studied jazz under the great LennieTristano. In between he has also managed to cut some dazzling music...don't miss...
In 1975, the members of a musical appreciation society called The Danish Jazz Exchange clubbed together to bring their two favorite American improvisers, {{Warne Marsh = 9101}} and {{Lee Konitz = 8463}}, to their homeland. They then listened in rapt attention as the saxophonists played a series of concerts at Montmartre, then Copenhagen's premier jazz venue. The shadow of blind pianist/teacher {{Lennie...
Paraphrasing Last FM Kurt Rosenwinkel is a jazz guitarist who was initially influenced by guitarists such as Pat Metheny and John Scofield, but has emerged as an individual stylist recalling LennieTristano in the 1940s and 50s. His chordal language is amongst the more advanced for a guitarist, touching on ideas from George Van Eps and Ben Monder. ..... one of the leading jazz guitarists...
