Turkish Mambo

Lennie Tristano · 1955 (year to be confirmed)

Context

Third track of the album Lennie Tristano (Atlantic, 1956), recorded in the pianist's private studio in New York in 1954-1955. Tristano overdubs three piano tracks, with rhythms in five, six and seven beats in the left hand beneath right-hand improvisation; this multitrack technique prompted criticism and questions on release.

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

• Line Up (1955)
• Requiem (1955)
• East Thirty-Second (1955)
• These Foolish Things (Lennie Tristano) (1955)
• You Go to My Head (1955)
• If I Had You (1955)

Sources

• EN: Lennie Tristano (album)

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