These valuable recordings document the great pianist
Lennie Tristano during his later years, when public appearances were rare and recordings only an infrequent event.
Tristano is heard playing at the Half Note on two separate occasions.
Warne Marsh is on tenor, altoist
Lee Konitz is a major asset to the selections from 1964, and the rhythm sections include either
Henry Grimes or
Sonny Dallas on bass and
Paul Motian or
Nick Stabulas on drums. The recording quality is decent if not admirable, but it is the music (six explorations of common chord changes and a 50-second "Everything Happens to Me") that is wonderful.
Tristano,
Marsh, and
Konitz constantly create new melody lines and make highly original music. ~ Scott Yanow