The New Tristano

by Lennie Tristano

The New Tristano cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1962
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 24:39
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded for Atlantic Records, 'The New Tristano' captures the pianist performing unaccompanied, heavily utilizing overdubbing techniques and manipulated tape speeds to layer complex lines. The release cemented his reputation as a pioneer of avant-garde and free improvisation within a structured jazz framework.

Genres

Descriptors: dissonant, technical, complex, avant-garde, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Becoming (4:31)
  2. C Minor Complex (5:47)
  3. You Don't Know What Love Is (3:26)
  4. Deliberation (4:48)
  5. Love Lines (2:18)
  6. G Minor Complex (3:49)

Credits

  • Lennie Tristano - primary artist, piano, engineer, soloist, written-by
  • Loring Eutemey - design
  • Barry Ulanov - liner notes
  • Lee Friedlander - photography by, photography
  • Don Raye - written-by
  • Gene DePaul - written-by

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