Occupation(s) PianistComposer Website lesliepintchik.com | ||
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Albums We're Here To Listen, So Glad To Be Here, In the Nature of Things, True North, Quartets Record labels Pintch Hard Records, Ambient Records Similar Bruce Barth, Mike LeDonne, Dave Stryker, Renee Rosnes, David Hazeltine | ||
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Leslie Pintchik is an American jazz pianist and composer. She currently leads a trio with Scott Hardy on bass and Michael Sarin on drums.
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- Sparkle leslie pintchik trio live jazz at kitano
- Luscious leslie pintchik trio live the kitano
- Early life
- Jazz career
- Personal life
- Discography
- Publications
- Songs
- References
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Early life
While growing up, Pintchik's father played tenor saxophone as a hobby, but Pintchik wasn't interested in playing music as a child. It wasn't until college that Pintchik began playing music. She attended graduate school at Columbia University, where she studied 17th century English literature. As a doctoral candidate, she taught as a teaching assistant. She decided to leave academia and pursue a new career as a pianist and received private instruction from Bruce Barth and began playing public gigs.
Jazz career
Pintchik landed a steady job playing for the brunch crowd at Bradley's in Greenwich Village, in New York City, where she first met Red Mitchell. Mitchell liked what he heard and invited her and Scott Hardy to play with him on stage. Among other venues, Pintchik's trio performs regularly at Jazz at Kitano in New York City.
Personal life
Pintchik is married to musician Scott Hardy. She is known for saying onstage, "He's so good, I had no choice but to marry him!"
Discography
Publications
Songs
Private MomentQuartets · 2007
Not So FastQuartets · 2007
Over EasyQuartets · 2007