Lennie Tristano (piano); Peter Ind (bass); Tim Wayburn/Al Levitt (drums).
It just gets better and better and there's still another two discs to go. Undoubtedly the best acoustic wise and musically simply wonderful.
Lennie of course is nothing less than perfect (Thelonious who?) but Peter Ind is an absolute rock. The late Brit bass player not only provides the pianist with sympathetic support but also threatens to steal the limelight with his own solos! He doesn't of course - these are team players.
They don't come any better than this - or do they? I've still got two more discs to go! Lance
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Many well known jazz pianists (e.g Bill Evans & McCoy Tyner) have said they were influenced by Lennie Tristano, but there are several who having studied directly with Lennie were able to absorb his unique methods of practicing.
Jon Easton & Larry Bluth come to mind but the pianist who is generally quoted as Tristano's successor is his student Sal Mosca. Sal's amazing technique and improvising
ability has caused some to rate him above Lennie. Sal also taught many and so has continued the "Tristano School.
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