LENNIE TRISTANO - Lennie Tristano Personal Recordings 1946-1970 (2021) 6CD| BOX-SET | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Dot Time Records and Mosaic Records, in partnership for the first time, are thrilled to announce the release of Lennie Tristano Personal Recordings 1946 – 1970. This 6-CD set chronicles over twenty years of stunning creative output from jazz luminary Lennie Tristano offering listeners the most comprehensive portrait of Tristano’s musical genius available.
Tracklist :
CD1    Trio With Billy Bauer - Live Performances (0:59:31)
CD2    Solo Piano (0:56:08)
CD3    Sextet - Live Performances (0:56:13)
CD4    Trio Sessions (1:03:34)
CD5    Duos And Trios With Sonny Dallas (0:57:49)
CD6    1948 Free Session + Live At The Half Note (1:01:43)
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8, 6-1 to 6-7, 6-14)
Bass – Arnold Fishkin (tracks: 1-15, 3-1 to 3-6), Joe Shulman (tracks: 3-7, 3-8), Peter Ind (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11), Sonny Dallas (tracks: 5-1 to 5-8, 6-8 to 6-14)
Drums – Al Levitt (tracks: 4-8 to 4-11), Jeff Morton (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8), Nick Stabulas (tracks: 5-7, 5-8, 6-8 to 6-14), Tom Wayburn (tracks: 4-1 to 4-7)
Guitar – Billy Bauer (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 1-15, 3-1 to 3-8, 6-1 to 6-7, 6-14)
Piano – Lennie Tristano
Tenor Saxophone – Warne Marsh (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8, 6-1 to 6-7), Zoot Sims (tracks: 6-14)

LENNIE TRISTANO - Descent into the Maelstrom (1976-2015) RM | MONO | East Wind Masters Collection 1000 | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This hard-to-find LP starts off with the utterly unique title cut. On this completely atonal track (which predates Cecil Taylor by a few years), Lennie Tristano overdubbed several pianos and created picturesque and extremely intense music. The remainder of this album is mostly comprised of leftovers and rehearsal tracks which, considering Tristano's slim discography, is quite welcome. The pianist is heard solo in 1961 and 1965, in a trio with bassist Peter Ind and drummer Roy Haynes in 1952 and (in what might be his last recordings) performing a pair of originals with bassist Sonny Dallas and drummer Nick Stabulas in 1966. Tristano fans can consider this important release to be essential. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    Descent Into The Maelstrom    3:26
Composed By – Lennie Tristano
2    Dream: Paris 1965    3:05
Composed By – Lennie Tristano
3    Image: Paris 1965    3:18
Composed By – Lennie Tristano
4    Take 1 - Rehearsal From Recording Date    4:31
5    Take 2 - Rehearsal From Recording Date    3:11
6    Take 3 - Rehearsal From Recording Date    4:04
Composed By – Lennie Tristano
7    Stretch 6:08
Composed By – Lennie Tristano
Bass – Sonny Dallas
Drums – Nick Stabulas
8    Pastime 3:38
Composed By – Lennie Tristano
Bass – Peter Ind
Drums – Roy Haynes
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
9    Ju-Ju 2:14
Composed By – Lennie Tristano
Bass – Peter Ind
Drums – Roy Haynes
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
10    Con Con 8:48
Composed By – Lennie Tristano
Bass – Sonny Dallas
Drums – Nick Stabulas
Credits :
Engineer (tracks: 1, 4 to 6, 7, 10) Piano, Producer – Lennie Tristano

LENNIE TRISTANO - Continuity (1985-1994) FLAC (tracks), lossless

These valuable recordings document the great pianist Lennie Tristano during his later years, when public appearances were rare and recordings only an infrequent event. Tristano is heard playing at the Half Note on two separate occasions. Warne Marsh is on tenor, altoist Lee Konitz is a major asset to the selections from 1964, and the rhythm sections include either Henry Grimes or Sonny Dallas on bass and Paul Motian or Nick Stabulas on drums. The recording quality is decent if not admirable, but it is the music (six explorations of common chord changes and a 50-second "Everything Happens to Me") that is wonderful. Tristano, Marsh, and Konitz constantly create new melody lines and make highly original music. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1. Continuity 4:11
(Tristano)
2. She's Funny That Way 3:54
(Daniels/Whiting)
3. My Baby 5:35
(Tristano)
4. Everything Happens to Me 0:53
(Adair/Dennis)
5. . Subconscious Lee 5:56
(Konitz)
6. 317 East 32nd 9:53
(Tristano)
7. Background Music 7:42
(Marsh)
Credits :
1-4
Bass – Henry Grimes
Drums – Paul Motian
Piano – Lennie Tristano
Tenor Saxophone – Warne Marsh
5-7
Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz
Bass – Sonny Dallas
Drums – Nick Stabulas
Piano – Lennie Tristano
Tenor Saxophone – Warne Marsh
Notas.
Tracks 1-4: Recorded October 1958 at The Half Note, New York, NY
Tracks 5-7: Recorded June 1964 at The Half Note, New York, NY

LENNIE TRISTANO - Note to Note (1993) FLAC (tracks), lossless

This LP-length CD contains five improvisations by pianist Lennie Tristano and bassist Sonny Dallas on "originals" based closely on common chord patterns and melodies. It was Tristano's wish that drums be added to these tapes at a later date so his daughter Carol Tristano overdubbed her rather basic timekeeping in 1993. Tristano collectors and completists will be interested in acquiring this CD but in reality the music is just average and nothing all that surprising occurs. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Just Pres 8:01
Lennie Tristano
2     Palo Alto Scene 7:39
Lennie Tristano
3     It's Personal 7:43
Lennie Tristano
4     Note to Note 9:45
Lennie Tristano
5     There Will Always Be You 7:32
Lennie Tristano
Credits :    
Bass – Sonny Dallas
Drums – Carol Tristano
Piano – Lennie Tristano
Notas.
The original tapes were recorded by Lennie Tristano at his studio on Palo Alto Street in Hollis, N.Y. during informal sessions with Sonny Dallas in 1964-5. It was Lennie's wish that this music be released witn drums added. The music was re-recorded with Carol Tristano in 1993.

LENNIE TRISTANO ALL STARS - Live at the Café Bohemia (2008) FLAC (tracks), lossless

This exciting compilation (which might more accurately have been called "Live at the Pied Piper and the Half Note") should come as a pleasant surprise to early modern jazz lovers, especially those who admire the work of pianist and philosopher Lennie Tristano. Tracks 1-5, credited to trombonist Bill Harris & His All Stars, were recorded in live performance on August 22, 1947 inside the Pied Piper at 15 Barrow Street in New York City's West Village. These tracks were released on LP in the '70s as Jazz Showcase 5001, A Knight in the Village. The Pied Piper mainly featured old-school jazz players like Wilbur De Paris and James P. Johnson, and wouldn't become the Café Bohemia until 1949 when it was purchased by one James Garofolo, who didn't adopt a rigorously progressive jazz policy until six years later. Bill Harris was a modernist associated with the bop-addled Woody Herman and Charlie Ventura bands. Tristano and tenor saxophonist Flip Phillips received feature billing, with the rest of the All-Stars, consisting of guitarist Billy Bauer, bassist Chubby Jackson, and drummer Denzil Best. On "Flip Meets Bill," Tristano was replaced by Argonne Thornton, who was on the verge of changing his name to Sadik Hakim. He is remembered for his work with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, and Lester Young, a master improviser who was one of Tristano's personal heroes.
The rest of the material presented here was recorded inside the Half Note at 289 Hudson Street on June 6, 1964 for use in a Look Up & Live television broadcast narrated by Dr. William Hamilton. Originally released on Tristano's Jazz Records label, tracks 6-8 feature saxophonists Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh with bassist Sonny Dallas and drummer Nick Stabulas. If part of this lineup rings a few bells, note that in 1961, Konitz, Dallas, and Stabulas (as well as Elvin Jones) made a bunch of studio recordings for Verve which were released in 2007 on Universal's deluxe three-CD "Elite Edition" of Motion. That package, which fairly bristles with alternate takes, is recommended as a vibrant counterpart to this double reissue of uncommon location recordings which feature the predictably unpredictable Lennie Tristano. arwulf arwulf  
Tracklist :
1     What Is This Thing Called Love? 13:48
Cole Porter
2     Just You, Just Me 10:37
Jesse Greer / Raymond Klages
3     A Knight in the Village 9:40
Bill Harris
4     Medley: Body and Soul/Sweet Lorraine 4:02
Cliff Burwell / Mitchell Parish
5     Flip Meets Bill 10:35
Bill Harris / Flip Phillips
6     Subconscious-Lee ["Look Up & Live" TV Broadcast, Half Note, NY, June 6, 1964] 6:17
Lennie Tristano
7     317 East 32nd ["Look Up & Live" TV Broadcast, Half Note, NY, June 6, 1964] 9:53
Lennie Tristano
8     Background Music ["Look Up & Live" TV Broadcast, Half Note, NY, June 6, 1964] 9:59
Lennie Tristano
Credits :    
1-5
Ensemble – Lennie Tristano Sextet
Bass – Chubby Jackson
Drums – Denzil Best
Guitar – Billy Bauer
Tenor Saxophone – Flip Phillips
Trombone – Bill Harris
Piano – Lennie Tristano (tracks: 1 to 4)
6-8
Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz
Bass – , Sonny Dallas
Drums – Nick Stabulas
Piano – Lennie Tristano
Tenor Saxophone – Warne Marsh
Notas.
Tracks 1-5: Live at the Café Bohemia, August 22, 1947.
Bonus tracks 6-8: "Look Up & Live" TV Broadcast, live from the Half Note, New York, June 6, 1964.

LEE KONITZ | ARRANGEMENTS BY JIMMY GIUFFRE - You and Lee (1960-2007) RM | Lee Konitz By Special Requests – 6 | FLAC (tracks), lossless

One of the lesser-known Lee Konitz albums, this LP (which has not been reissued yet on CD) features the altoist joined by six brass and a rhythm section for eight Jimmy Giuffre arrangements. The shouting brass contrasts well with Konitz's cool-toned solos and together they perform eight underplayed standards. Guitarist Jim Hall and pianist Bill Evans (who are on four songs apiece) are major assets behind Konitz on this pleasing set. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     I'm Getting Sentimental over You
George Bassman / Ned Washington
2     You Don't Know What Love Is
Gene DePaul / Don Raye
3     I Didn't Know About You
Duke Ellington / Bob Russell
4     Everything I Have Belongs to You
Bob Russell, Duke Ellington
5     You're Clear Out of This World
Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
6     You Are Too Beautiful
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
7     The More I See You
Mack Gordon / Harry Warren
8     You're Driving Me Crazy
Walter Donaldson
Credits :    
Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz
Arranged By, Conductor – Jimmy Giuffre
Bass – Sonny Dallas
Drums – Roy Haynes
Guitar – Jim Hall (faixas: 3, 5, 6, 7)
Piano – Bill Evans (faixas: 1, 2, 4, 8)
Trombone – Billy Byers, Bob Brookmeyer
Trumpet – Ernie Royal, Marky Markowitz, Phil Sunkel

LEE KONITZ - Motion (1961-1998) RM | Verve Elite Edition | 3CD | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This very spontaneous LP (altoist Lee Konitz had never played before in a trio with bassist Sonny Dallas and drummer Elvin Jones) is quite successful and enjoyable. Konitz and his trio perform five familiar standards, stretching out on such tunes as "I Remember You," "All of Me" and "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To." The music is searching but melodic, exploratory yet accessible. This is one of Konitz's better albums from the era and is long overdue to be reissued on CD. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1-1    I Remember You 4:27
Composed By – Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger
1-2    All Of Me 7:37
Composed By – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
1-3    Foolin' Myself 7:02
Composed By – J. Lawrence, Peter Tinturin
1-4    You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 10:45
Composed By – Cole Porter
1-5    I'll Remember April 8:01
Composed By – Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Pat Johnston
1-6    You Don't Know What Love Is 6:46
Composed By – Don Raye, Gene DePaul
1-7    These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) 9:39
Composed By – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
1-8    Out Of Nowhere 8:09
Composed By – Edward Heyman, John W. Green
1-9    It's You Or No One 7:48
Composed By – Jule Styne And Sammy Cahn
2-1    I Remember You (Rehearsal Take)    1:35
2-2    I Remember You (Rehearsal Take)    1:18
2-3    I Remember You    4:57
2-4    I Remember You    4:52
2-5    I Remember You    4:12
2-6    You Don't Know What Love Is    5:02
2-7    It's All Right With Me 6:06
Composed By – Cole Porter
2-8    Foolin' Myself    6:04
2-9    Just Friends 3:28
Composed By – John Klenner, Sam Lewis
2-10    It's You Or No One    5:19
2-11    Out Of Nowhere    6:04
2-12    My Melancholy Baby 4:34
Composed By – Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton
2-13    Imagination 5:13
Composed By – Jimmy Van Heusen And Johnny Burke
2-14    That Old Feeling 6:02
Composed By – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
2-15    All The Things You Are
Composed By – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
3-1    (Back Home Again In) Indiana 5:04
Composed By – Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley
3-2    Alone Together 7:58
Composed By – Schwartz & Dietz
3-3    Embraceable You 4:26
Composed By – George & Ira Gershwin
3-4    I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You 4:13
Composed By – George Bassman, Ned Washington
3-5    I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You    4:14
3-6    Pennies From Heaven 8:39
Composed By – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
3-7    I'll Remember April    6:29
3-8    There Will Never Be Another You 4:06
Composed By – H. Warren, Mack Gordon
3-9    What's New? 6:32
Composed By – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
3-10    Everything Happens To Me 4:38
Composed By – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair
3-11    Sweet And Lovely 2:47
Composed By – Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules Lemare
3-12    You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To    4:01
3-13    Lullaby Of The Leaves 5:25
Composed By – Bernice Petkere, J. Young
3-14    I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You (Overdub)    4:13
Credits :    
Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz
Bass – Sonny Dallas
Drums – Elvin Jones (faixas: 1-1 to 1-9), Nick Stabulas (faixas: 2-1 to 3-14)
Producer – Creed Taylor