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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Lennie Tristano

Leonard Joseph Tristano was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher of jazz improvisation.

American - Musician | March 19, 1919 - November 18, 1978

Source: Wikipedia

The jazz musician's function is to feel.

Lennie Tristano

Lennie Tristano

It's not instant composing; it's not following any kind of a formula. All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it.

Lennie Tristano

Lennie Tristano

Dave Frank is one of the few people that can REALLY play! — © Lennie Tristano

Dave Frank is one of the few people that can REALLY play!

Lennie Tristano

Lennie Tristano

The hippest thing you can do is not play at all. Just listen.

Lennie Tristano

Lennie Tristano

You could make your fingers reproduce exactly what you felt, if you really worked at it. I achieved it, not only spending a lot of time at the keyboard but finding ways I could make my fingers reproduce my deepest feelings. It meant, when you hit a note with a finger, you sank into that note all the way to the bottom of the keyboard until it went pow! Right?

Lennie Tristano

Lennie Tristano

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