The little-known genius of Lennie Tristano

One of the great jazz educators and innovators, this unheralded pianist was an inspiration to generations of musiciansMiles Davis is often associated with the late-1940s jazz that came to be known as The Birth of the Cool. But the blind Chicago pianist Lennie Tristano was just as significant a figure in that seismic shift. Unfortunately, most people outside the jazz loop don't know Tristano's name from a hole in the ground.This ascetic, irascible and uncompromising genius took the implications o...

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