Crosscurrents (Lennie Tristano album)
Crosscurrents | |
---|---|
Studio album by | |
Released | 1972 |
Recorded | March 4, 14, April 23, May 16, August 24, November 2, 1949 |
Genre | Jazz |
Label | Capitol (M-11060) |
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Crosscurrents is an album by jazz pianist Lennie Tristano. The sides were recorded in 1949 and the album released by Capitol in 1972.[2] The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.[3]
Music[]
The first seven tracks are recordings of Tristano's sextet, containing Warne Marsh (tenor sax), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Billy Bauer (guitar), Arnold Fishkin (bass), and or Denzil Best (drums; separately). They include "the earliest examples of free improvisation in jazz: 'Intuition' and 'Digression'".[1] It was reissued by Capitol as part of the Intuition 1996 CD re-issue, in combination with Warne Marsh's Jazz of Two Cities.[4]
Track listing[]
All tracks composed by Lennie Tristano, except where indicated.
- "Wow"
- "Crosscurrent"
- "Yesterdays"
- "Marionette"
- "Sax of a Kind"
- "Intuition"
- "Digression"
Personnel[]
- Lennie Tristano – piano
- Warne Marsh – tenor sax
- Lee Konitz – alto sax
- Billy Bauer – guitar
- Arnold Fishkin – bass
- Harold Granowsky – drums
- Denzil Best – drums
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, Scott "Lennie Tristano: Crosscurrents". AllMusic. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ^ Shim, Eunmi (2007). Lennie Tristano – His Life in Music. University of Michigan Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-472-11346-0.
- ^ Tamarkin, Jeff (November 21, 2012). "Coltrane, Mingus, Tristano Recordings Honored by Grammy Hall of Fame: Louis Jordan, James Brown, Ray Charles also Awarded". JazzTimes. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014.
- ^ Allmusic review by Scott Yanow, Intuition, https://www.allmusic.com/album/intuition-mw0000081084
Categories:
- Lennie Tristano albums
- 1972 albums
- Capitol Records albums
- Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients