Various Artists

  • 41 selections on 5 LPs box set  

After his death, pianist/teacher Lennie Tristano was paid tribute to at a lavish Town Hall concert. This five-LP set has all of the music, plus a seven-minute drum solo recorded by Max Roach a year later. Many of Tristano's top students (although not Lee Konitz) are heard from including pianists Liz Gorrill, Lloyd Lifton, Virg Dzurinko, Sal Mosca and Connie Crothers, the solo guitar of Larry Meyer, unaccompanied flute performances by both Fran Canisius and Nomi Rosen, a set from tenor sax Lenny Popkin, and six a cappella vocals from Lynn Anderson. Lennie Tristano was worshipped as a guru by some of these players (which sometimes results in overly precious performances) but in general the music is pretty rewarding. Not too surprisingly tenor-saxophonist Warne Marsh (with a pianoless trio) and singer Sheila Jordan emerge as the solo stars.- Scott Yanow

ARTISTS & TRACKS:

• LP ONE
• SIDE A
• CONNIE CROTHERS (introduction)
• LIZ GORRILL (piano and voice)
• A1. inspiaration
• A2. There Will Never Be Another Lennie
• A3. King of Bongo Bong

• SIDE B
• FRAN CANISIUS (solo flute)
• B1. Lennie
• B2. Out of Line
• FRAN CANISIUS (flute)
• LIZ GORRILL (piano)
• B3. Changes
• B4. Sound Poems
• LLOYD LIFTON (piano)
• MURRAY WALL (bass)
• B5. Flamingo
• B6. What's New
• B7. Stella By Starlight
• ____________________________________

• LP TWO
• SIDE A
• SHEILA JORDAN (vocals)
• HAROLD DANKO (piano)
• CAMERON BROWN (bass)
• LOU GRASSI (drums)
• A1. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
• A2. Yesterdays
• A3. Confirmation

• SIDE B
• VIRG DZURINKO (solo piano)
• B1. You Do Know What Love Is
• B2. Stella By Coincidence
• B3. Who Know
• LARRY MEYER
• B4. Tristano
• B5. As Summer Falls, Winter Spring
• ____________________________________

• LP THREE
• SIDE A
• LENNY POPKIN (tenor sax)
• PETER SCATTARETICO (drums)
• STAN FORTUNA (bass)
• A1. Ablution
• A2. You Don't Know What Love Is
• A3. Two Not One
• A4. Lennie'e Pennies / East Thirty-Second Street

• SIDE B
• SAL MOSCA (solo piano)
• B1. Suite For Lennie
• - One
• - Two
• - Three
• ____________________________________

• LP FOUR
• SIDE A
• NOMI ROSEN (solo flute)
• A1. Among Friends
• A2. Lennie's Pennies
• NOMI ROSEN (flute)
• CONNIE CROTHERS (piano)
• A3. Confluence

• SIDE B
• WARNE MARSH (tenor sax)
• EDDIE GOMEZ (bass)
• PETER SCATTARETICO (drums)
• B1. I Love You
• B2. Trilogy
• B3. I Should Care
• ____________________________________

• LP FIVE
• SIDE A
• LYNN ANDERSON (solo voice)
• A1. There Will Never Be Another You
• A2. How Deep Is The Ocean
• A3. Embraceaboe You
• A4. Day By Day
• A5. I?ll Never Stop Loving You
• A6. Take One

• SIDE B
• LIZ GORRILL (piano & vocals)
• B1. This Crazy Feeling
• B2. All of Me
• B3. Paradise Found
• MAX ROACH (solo drums)
• B4. Oobala Baba la (*)
• (*) This Track was redorded on January 29, 1980 for inclusion in this album