Lennie Tristano

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Lennie Tristano

His Life in Music

By:

Eunmi Shim

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Jazz Perspectives

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Lennie Tristano occupies a rare position in jazz history. Emerging from an era when modernism was the guiding principle in jazz, Tristano explored musical avenues that were avant-garde even by modernism's experimental standards. In so doing, he tested and transcended the boundaries of jazz. In 1949, years before musicians such as Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor took credit for the movement, Tristano made the first recordings of ""free jazz,"" a new kind of group improvisation based on spontaneous interaction among band members without any regard for predetermined form, harmony, or rhythm. Then, in the 1950s, Tristano broke new ground by his use of multitracking. Tristano was a musical purist as well as an innovator, vehemently opposing any commercial element in music and abhorring the music industry, which he perceived as pernicious to the spirit of jazz. However, like many purists, Tristano's independence prevented his music from receiving wide exposure. With its blend of oral history, archival research, and musical analysis, ""Lennie Tristano"" sheds new light on the important role Tristano played in the jazz world, and introduces this often-overlooked musician to a new generation of jazz aficionados.

Author Biography:

Eunmi Shim received her Ph.D in musicology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is now Assistant Professor of Music at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. This is her first book.

Release date NZ

March 30th, 2007

Author

Eunmi Shim

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

20 musical examples, 9 photographs

Pages

360

Series

Jazz Perspectives

Dimensions

152x229x27

ISBN-13

9780472113460

Product ID

3672295

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