Tristano School

Movement · 1943-1968 · New York · Modern jazz (1940-1970)

Lennie Tristano and his students (Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh): long improvisation, counterpoint, teaching from 1943, then in his 32nd Street loft until 1956; he plays and records until the end of the 1960s. Possible link with free jazz, debated.

What is still debated

"Intuition" and "Digression" (1949) as the first free collective improvisations: a contested claim. Parallel to cool, not its offspring.

Where it comes from

• Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's)

What it gave rise to or influenced

• Free jazz

Artists

• Lennie Tristano (1919–1978, piano)
• Lee Konitz (1927–2020, alto saxophone)

Tracks to start with

• Intuition — Lennie Tristano Sextet (1949)
• Line Up — Lennie Tristano (1955)

Sources

• EN : Lennie Tristano

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