Lennie Tristano ~ Similar Artists

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Bud Powell - 74% match to Lennie Tristano

Earl Rudolph Powell, 27 September 1924, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA, d. 31 July 1966, New York City, New York, USA. After learning to play the piano in the classical tradition while still a child, Powell began working around New York's Coney Island, where he played in a... Read more

Dexter Gordon - 61% match to Lennie Tristano

27 February 1923, Los Angeles, California, USA, d. 25 April 1990, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Gordon began his musical career studying clarinet; by his mid-teens he had switched to tenor saxophone, on which instrument he played with Lionel Hampton in 1940. He stayed with... Read more

Cecil Taylor - 50% match to Lennie Tristano

15 March 1929, New York City, New York, USA. A towering figure in post-war avant garde jazz, Taylor has been hailed as the greatest piano virtuoso of the twentieth century because of the phenomenal power, speed and intensity of his playing. "We in black music think of the piano... Read more