Intuition

Lennie Tristano Sextet · 1949

Context

Recorded in May 1949 with "Digression," this track is cited as one of the first two free improvisation records in jazz: no harmony, key, tempo or melody was set in advance. The musicians held together through mutual listening and counterpoint. The experiment influenced Charles Mingus and predates Ornette Coleman by about ten years.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Tristano School. Among the origins and influences of Tristano School: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Digression (1949)
• Line Up (1955)

Sources

• EN: Intuition (free improvisation)
• EN: Crosscurrents (Lennie Tristano album)

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