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Crosscurrents (Lennie Tristano album)

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Released
  
1972

Release date
  
1972

Genre
  
Jazz

Artist
  
Lennie Tristano

Label
  
Capitol Records

Awards
  
Grammy Hall of Fame


Recorded
  
March 4 & 14, April 23, May 16, August 24, November 2, 1949

Similar
  
The New Tristano, Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh, Lennie Tristano, Intuition, Subconscious‑Lee

Crosscurrents is an album by jazz pianist Lennie Tristano. It was recorded in 1949 and released by Capitol in 1972. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.

Contents

Music

The first seven tracks are recordings of Tristano's sextet, containing Warne Marsh (tenor sax), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Billy Bauer (guitar), Arnold Fishkin (bass), and Harold Granowsky or Denzil Best (drums; separately). They include "the earliest examples of free improvisation in jazz: 'Intuition' and 'Digression'".

Track listing

All songs composed by Lennie Tristano, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Wow"
  2. "Crosscurrent"
  3. "Yesterdays"
  4. "Marionette"
  5. "Sax of a Kind"
  6. "Intuition"
  7. "Digression"
  8. "A Bird in Igor's Yard" (George Russell)
  9. "This Time the Dream's on Me"
  10. "Extrovert"
  11. "Good for Nothing Joe"
  12. "Aishie"
  13. "Opus 96"

Personnel

  • Lennie Tristano – piano
  • Warne Marsh – tenor sax
  • Lee Konitz – alto sax
  • Billy Bauer – guitar
  • Arnold Fishkin – bass
  • Harold Granowsky – drums
  • Denzil Best – drums

    • Songs

    1Wow
    2Cross Current
    3Yesterdays

    References

    Crosscurrents (Lennie Tristano album) Wikipedia
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