LENNIE TRISTANO

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Issued and unissued recordings of Lennie Tristano

Compiled by Michael Frohne
February 2001

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Emmett Carls Sextet 45-0000A
1945 Chicago, ILL

Shorty Rogers tp / Earl Swope tb / Emmett Carls ts / Lennie Tristano p / Chubby Jackson b/ Don Lamond dr

a. Tea For Two (Youmans-Caesar) (3:18)
b. Tea For Two (alt.take) (Youmans-Caesar) (2:54)
c. Blue Lou (Sampson-Mills) (2:52)
d. These Foolish Things (Link-Strachey-Machwitz) (2:33)
e. These Foolish Things (alt.take) (Link-Strachey-Machwitz) (2:34)
f. Talk Of The Town (Livingston-Symes-Neiburg) (2:12)
g. Talk Of The Town (alt.take) (Livingston-Symes-Neiburg) (3:16)

Notes:
Emmett Carls was the leader and not Earl Swope as stated on LP Issues

Issues:
all on Jazz Guild (Can) 1008, Phontastic/Nostalgia (S) NOST-7635

Lennie Tristano 45-0000B
1945 or 1946 Chicago, ILL

Lennie Tristano p

a. Yesterdays (Kern-Harbach) (2:59)
b. What Is This Thing Called Love (Porter) (2:44)
c. Don't Blame Me (Fields-McHugh) (2:46)
d. I Found A New Baby (Palmer-Williams) (2:43)

Notes:
titles on Jazz Records JR-1: a. Glad am I / b. This is called love / c. Blame me / d. I found my baby

Issues:
all on Jazz Guild (Can) 1008, Phontastic/Nostalgia (S) NOST-7635, Jazz Records JR-1, Rockin' Chair (E) no number (cd)
d. also on Le Chant du Monde (F) 574 1211.20 (cd) LES TRESORS DU JAZZ 1944-1951 (var)

Lennie Tristano 3 46-0000A
Ende 1946, NYC

Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Leonard Gaskin b

a.(JBB268) I Can't Get Started (Gershwin-Duke) (2:53)
b.(JBB268) A Night In Tunesia (Gillespie-Paparelli) (2:21)

Orig.Issues:
V-Disc 735

Issues:
all on Jazz Guild (Can) 1008, Phontastic/Nostalgia (S) NOST-7635, Raretone (I) 5008 FC

Lennie Tristano 3 46-1008
October 8, 1946 NYC

Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Clyde Lombardi b

a.(HL176-1) Out On A Limb (alt.take) (Tristano) (2:38)
b.(HL176-2) Out On A Limb (Tristano) (2:51)
c.(HL176-3) Out On A Limb (Tristano) (2:41)
d.(HL177-1) I Can't Get Started (alt.take) (Gershwin-Duke) (2:58)
e.(HL177-2) I Can't Get Started (Gershwin-Duke) (2:55)
f.(HL178-1) I Surrender Dear (alt.take) (Clifford-Harris) (2:34)
g.(HL178-2) I Surrender Dear (alt.take) (Clifford-Harris) (2:20)
h.(HL178-3) I Surrender Dear (Clifford-Harris) (3:06)
i. Untitled Blues (Unknown) (3:48)
j.(HL179-1) Interlude (Gillespie-Paparelli) (3:09)
k.(HL179-2) Interlude (alt.take) (Gillespie-Paparelli) (2:32)
l.(HL179-3) Interlude (alt.take) (Gillespie-Paparelli) (3:00)
m.(HL179-4) Interlude (alt.take) (Gillespie-Paparelli) (2:56)
n.(HL179-5) Interlude (alt.take) (Gillespie-Paparelli) (1:42)
o.(HL179-6) Interlude (alt.take) (Gillespie-Paparelli) (3:02)

Notes: j. time (3:56) as given on cover of Mercury CD is wrong!

Issues:
all on Mercury (J) BT-2014, Mercury (J) BT-5256, Mercury (GB) SMWL-21028, Mercury/Polydor 830 921-2 (cd)

all on Nippon (J) 18PJ-1051-1071 = Mercury 830 121-2 (cd)
COMPLETE KEYNOTE COLLECTION (various)

b. or c. also on Keynote 647, Mercury (A) 1062, EmArcy EP 6048,EmArcy MG 26059, Mercury (F) MEP-14032, HCdV (A) -1013, Mercury 134 592 MFY

b. or c. and i. also on Le Chant du Monde (F) 574 1211.20

e. also on Keynote 647, Mercury (A) 1062, EmArcy EP 6048, EmArcy MG 26059, Mercury (F) MEP-14032, HCdV (A) -1013, Mercury 134 592 MFY

h. also on Keynote 680, Mercury (A) 1063, EmArcy EP-6049, EmArcy MG 26059, Mercury (F) MEP-14032, HCdV (A) -1013, Mercury 134 592 MFY

i. Mercury (J) SNG-1050 (Single inside Keynote Box), Braba (I) BB-01

j. also on Mercury 134 592 MFY

b. or c.e.h.and j. also on Rockin' Chair (E) no number (cd)

c.e.i.m. also on Musica Jazz (I) 2MJP 1065

b.or c. e.h.j. also on History (Is) 20.19781-HI (cd)

c.e.h.j. also on Giants of Jazz (I) CD 53149 (cd) LENNIE TRISTANO TRIO, QUARTET, QUINTET & SEXTET 1946-1949 (var)

b. (or c.) e.h.i.l. also on Discoconforme (E) GV 1358 (cd) entitled LENNIE TRISTANO SUPERSONIC PORTRAIT OFA GENIUS

b. (or c.) j. also on Membran (D) 222616 (CD-Box) entitled BATTLE OF GUITARS (var)

b. (or c.) e.h.j. also on Membran (D) 222780 (CD-Box) entitled THE ULTIMATIVE JAZZ ARCHIVE (var)

Lennie Tristano 3 47-0523
May 23, 1947 NYC

Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Bob Leininger b

a.(KH200-1) Blue Boy (Tristano) (2:48)
b.(KH201-1) Atonement (Tristano) (2:30)
c.(KH202-1) Coolin' Off With Ulanov (Tristano) (2:49)
d.(KH202-2) Coolin’ off with Ulanov (Tristano) (2:30)

Notes:
on Mercury (A) 1064 "Atonement" J.S.Zamecnik is given as composer, for "Coolin' off with Ulanov" is given: „(cannot find writers)“

Issues: all on Mercury (J) BT-2014, Mercury(J) BT-5256, Mercury (GB) SMWL-21028, Mercury 830 921-2 (cd),
all on Complete Keynote (number?)

a.b.c also on Rockin' Chair (E) no number (cd), Musica Jazz (I) 2MJP 1065

Orig.Issues:
a. also on Keynote 681, Mercury (A) 1063, EmArcy MG 36016, EmArcy DEM-2,HCdV (A) -1013, Mercury 134 592 MFY
b. also on Keynote 681, Mercury (A) 1064, EmArcy EP-6049, EmArcy MG 26029, HCdV (A) -1013, Mercury (F) MEP-14032
c. also on Keynote 680, Mercury (A) 1064, Emarcy MG 36016, HCdV (A) -1013, Mercury 134 592 MFY
b.c. also on History (Is) 20.19781-HI (cd)
b.c. also on Giants of Jazz (I) CD 53149 (cd) LENNIE TRISTANO TRIO, QUARTET, QUINTET & SEXTET 1946-1949 (var)
c. also on Le Chant du Monde (F) 574 1211.20 (cd) LES TRESORS DU JAZZ 1944-1951 (var)
a.b.c. also on Discoconforme (E) GV 1358 (cd) entitled LENNIE TRISTANO SUPERSONIC PORTRAIT OFA GENIUS
b. also on Disky MP 791052-2 (var) entitled GREATEST JAZZ GOLDEN GREATS

a.b.c. also on Membran (D) 222780 (CD-Box) entitled THE ULTIMATIVE JAZZ ARCHIVE (var)

Bill Harris 6 47-0822
August 22, 1947 NYC

Bill Harris tb/ Flip Phillips ts/ Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Chubby Jackson b/ Denzil Best dr

a. What Is This Thing Called Love (Porter) (13:40)
b. Just You, Just Me (Greer-Klages) (10:40)
c. A Knight In The Village (?) (9:35)
d. Medley: Body And Soul-Sweet Lorraine
(Green-Heyman-Eyton-Sour/Parish-Burwell) (4:00)
e. Flip Meets Bill (Phillips) (11:00)

Issues:
all on: Jazz Showcase 5001, Durium/Cicala (I) BLJ-8033


Barry Ulanov's All Stars Modern Jazz Musicians 47-0913A
September 13, 1947 Mutual Studios, NYC

Dizzy Gillespie tp/ John LaPorta cl/ Charlie Parker as/ Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Ray Brown b/ Max Roach dr

A .Koko (Parker) (1:10)
b. Hot House (Dameron) (5:10)
c. Fine And Dandy (Swift-James) (3:20)

Notes:
Originally broadcasted by WOR

Issues:
all on Musidisc (F) 30 JA 5108, Spotlite (GB) SPJ-107, Bombasi 11.235, ZIM ZL-1001, Festival (F) Album 376

Lennie Tristano 3 47-0913B
September 13, 1947 Mutual Studios, NYC

Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Ray Brown b

a. I Surrender Dear (Clifford-Harris) (3:05)

Notes:
 Originally broadcasted by WOR

Issues:
Musidisc(F)30 JA 5108, Spotlite (GB) SPJ-107, Bombasi 11.235, (?)Durium/Cicala (I) BLJ-8007, Festival (F) Album 376

Barry Ulanov's All Stars Modern Jazz Musicians 47-0920
September 20, 1947 Mutual Studios, NYC

Dizzy Gillespie tp/John LaPorta cl/Charlie Parker as/Lennie Tristano p/Billy Bauer g/Ray Brown b/Max Roach dr

a. Koko (Parker) (1:07)
b. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (McHugh-Fields) (3:20)
c. How Deep Is The Ocean (Berlin) (3:00)
d. Tiger Rag/Dizzy Atmosphere (LaRocca/Gillespie) (4:00)
e. 52nd Street Theme (Monk) (1:00)

Notes:
originally broadcasted by WOR

Issues:
all on Musidisc (F) 30 JA 5108, Spotlite(GB)SPJ-107, Musica Jazz (I) 2MJP 1065, Festival (F) Album 376

b. also on Durium/Cicala (I) BLJ-8017
b.c.d. also on Bombasi 11235
c. also on Durium/Cicala (I) BLJ-8007 (?)
d. also on Durium/Cicala (I) BLJ-8033, ESP-BIRD-1

Lennie Tristano 47-0923
September 23, 1947 NYC

Lennie Tristano p

a.(D7-VB-1649) I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance (Young-Crosby-Washington) (2:52)
b.(D7-VB-1650) Spontaneous Combustion (Tristano) (2:55)
c.(D7-VB-1651) Just Judy (Tristano) (2:40)

Notes:
b. is not the Cannonball Adderley composition with the same title!

Issues:
all on Braba(I)BB-01, Musica Jazz(I) 2MJP 1065

a. also on Victor 27-0145, Victor LPT 31, RCA Victor EPBT 3031 (EP), RCA/Camden (GB) CAL-348, HMV (GB) DLP-1022, RCA NL 89272, HCdV (A)-1013, RCA Italiana (I) LPM-10044, RCA(F)PM-45350, RCA 2135732-2 (cd), RCA 2668779-2 (cd)
c. also on Victor LJM-3001, HMV(GB)7EG 8074
a. also on Membran (D) 222276-354 (cd) BATTLE OF PIANOS (var)
a. also on Discoconforme (E) GV 1358 (cd) entitled LENNIE TRISTANO SUPERSONIC PORTRAIT OF A GENIUS
c. also on Jazz Greats JG-59 (cd) entitled JAZZ PIANO THE STUFF IS HERE (var)

Lennie Tristano 3 47-1023
October 23, 1947 NYC

Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ John Levy (b)

a. Supersonic (Tristano) (3:15)
b. Supersonic (alt.take) (Tristano) (3:19)
c. On A Planet (Tristano) (3:15)
d. Air Pocket (Tristano) (2:47)
e. Celestia (Tristano) (2:57)

Issues:
a.c.d.e. on Royale VLP-6054, Savoy XP-6054, Savoy MG-12043, Savoy SJL 2247, Allegro-Elite LP 4049, Savoy (J) SV-0224 (cd)
a.c.d.e. also on Savoy (J) SV-0272 (cd)
a. also on Royale 18149 (as „Splendid“), Royale VLP-6052,
c. also on BYG (F) DALP 2/1911, BYG (F) 529607
c. also on Dove (Eu) 7135 (CD-Box) A JAZZ ANTHOLOGY (var)

all on Raretone (I) 5008 FC
all also on also on Discoconforme (E) GV 1358 (cd) entitled LENNIE TRISTANO SUPERSONIC PORTRAIT OFA GENIUS

a.c.d.e.also on Membran (D) 222780 (CD-Box) entitled THE ULTIMATIVE JAZZ ARCHIVE (var)

Barry Ulanov's All Stars Metronome Jazzmen 47-1108
November 8, 1947 Mutual Studios, NYC

Fats Navarro tp/ John LaPorta cl (2)/ Charlie Parker as/ Allen Eager ts (3)/ Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Tommy Potter b/ Buddy Rich dr/ Sarah Vaughan voc (1)

a. 52nd Street Theme (2,3) (Monk) (2:15)
b. Koko (2,3) (Parker) (5:41)
c. Groovin' High (2,3) (Gillespie) (3:35)
d. Donna Lee (Parker) (2:22)
e. Fats Flats (Parker) (2:55)
f. Tea For Two (2) (Youmans-Caesar) (2:34)
g. Don't Blame Me (McHugh-Fields) (3:11)
h. Everything I Have Is Yours (1) (Burton-Lane-Adamson) (3:05)

Notes:
Originally broadcasted by WOR
g. Trio p,g,b only; h. Trio p,b,dr plus vocal only
c.given as „Anthropology“ on Durium cover

Issues:
all on Sounds 1206, Spotlite(GB) SPJ 108, Musidisc(F)30 JA 5164, Festival (F) Album 376

b.c.d. also on Durium/Cicala(I)BLJ-8017,

c. also on History(Israel) 20.19761-HI (CD) entitled FROM SWING TO BEBOP DOUBLE TALK FATS NAVARRO (var)

c. also on HCD (I) 1916 (cd) entitled THE GOLDEN YEARS OF JAZZ 20 HITS HISTORY OF JAZZ 1947 (var)

e. also on Topaz (GB) TPZ 1076 entitled FATS NAVARRO EVERYTHING’S COOL

Lennie Tristano 3 47-1231
December 31, 1947 NYC

John La Porta cl (1)/ Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Arnold Fishkin b

a. Freedom (Blues) (Tristano) (3:35)
b. Parallel (Tristano) (2:27)
c. Appelation (Tristano) (1:53)
d. Abstraction (Tristano) (2:43)
e. Palimpset (Tristano) (2:36)
f. Dissonance (New Sound) (Tristano) (2:38)
g. Restoration
h. Through These Portals (1) (LaPorta) (2:15)
i. Speculation (1) (Tristano) (2:22)
j. New Sound (1) (Tristano) (2:16)
k. Resemblance (1) (Tristano) (2:22)

Issues:
 a.-e.,h.-k. on Raretone (I) 5008 FC

Issues:
a. also on Baronet 1, Selmer Y-7154, Cupol 9003, Folkways Records FP71, Folkways Records FJ 2809, Hot Club de Vienna HCdV(A)-1013
b. also on Baronet 49508, Selmer ?, New York 126, Musica Jazz (I) 2MJP 1032
c. also on Baronet 48506, HCdV (A) -1013
d. also on Cupol 9003, HCdV(A)-1013
e. also on Baronet 49509
f. also on Selmer Y7154, New York 126, HCdV (A) -1013
g. unissued
h. also on Disc 5500, Baronet 48506, Selmer Y-7224, Melodisc (GB) 1132
i. also on Disc 5500, Selmer Y-7227
j. also on Baronet 49508, Selmer Y-7224
k. also on Baronet 49509, Selmer Y-7227
a.b.d.f.j. also on History (Is) 20.19781-HI (cd)
a.b.d.f.j. also on Giants of Jazz (I) CD 53149 (cd) LENNIE TRISTANO TRIO, QUARTET, QUINTET & SEXTET 1946-1949 (var)
a. also on HCD (I) 1916 (cd) entitled THE GOLDEN YEARS OF JAZZ 20 HITS HISTORY OF JAZZ 1947 (var)

Metronome All Stars 1949 49-0103
January 3, 1949 NYC

Dizzy Gillespie tp/ Fats Navarro tp/ Miles Davis tp/ Kai Winding tb/ J. J. Johnson tb/ Buddy DeFranco cl/ Charlie Parker as/ Charlie Ventura ts/ Ernie Caceres bs/ Lennie Tristano p/ illy Bauer g/ Eddie Safranski b/ Shelly Manne dr/ Pete Rugolo arr

a.(D9-VB-0021-1) Overtime (Rugolo) (3:06)
b.(D9-VB-0021-2/D9-VC-1000-2) Overtime (alt.take) (Rugolo) (4:32)
c.(D9-VB-0022-1/D9-VC-1001-3) Victory Ball (alt.take) (Tristano-Bauer-Parker) (4:13)
d.(D9-VB-0022-2) Victory Ball (Tristano-Bauer-Parker) (2:39)
e.(D9-VB-0022-3) Victory Ball (alt.take) (Tristano-Bauer-Parker) (2:37)

Notes:
d.e. Navarro, Davis, Johnson, Caceres out (probably only solos cut out)

Issues:
all takes on Braba(I)BB-01,
all (?) also on JAX(GB)7000

a. on RCA 20-3361, RCA/Camden CAL-426, RCA/Camden (GB) CDN-122, HMV (GB) B-9818, RCA (F) 430 313, RCA (F) 731.068, RCA (F) 731.089, RCA (F) FMX 2-7080, RCA 7636-1-RB, RCA/Camden PJL 2-8067, RCA (D) 26.28133 D, Le Chant du Monde (F) 574 1211.20
b. also on RCA/Victor LPT-3046, RCA/Victor LPM-519, RCA/Camden CAL-426, RCA/Camden (GB) CDN-122, RCA(F)430 313, RCA (F) 731.068, RCA 7636-1-RB
c. also on RCA/Victor LPT-3046, RCA/Victor LPM-519, RCA/Camden CAL-426, RCA/Camden (GB) CDN-122, RCA(F) 731.068, RCA 7636-1-RB, Musica Jazz (I) 2MJP 1032
d. on RCA 20-3361, RCA/Camden CAL-426, RCA/Camden (GB) CDN-122, HMV (GB) B-9818, RCA (F) 430 313, RCA(F)731.089, WEJ-10

d. also on RCA/Camden CAL-339, RCA 7636-1-RB,
b.c.also on Amiga(DDR) 8 50 449
a.c. also on Discoconforme (E) GV 1358 (cd) entitled LENNIE TRISTANO SUPERSONIC PORTRAIT OFA GENIUS
d. also on Proper (GB) PROPERBOX 10 entitled BEBOP SPOKEN HERE (var)
a.d. also on Definitive (E) DRCD 11159 (cd) entitled MILES DAVIS COMPLETE BIRTH OF THE COOL

Unknown Issues:
RCA/Camden (I) LCP 14, RCA (GB) RD-7909, RCA (F) PM-42408, RCA(F)JPGH-004, RCA/Camden (GB) CAL-1059, RCA/Camden (GB) CDN-139, RCA/Camden (GB) CDM-1059, RCA/Camden (F) 80021, RCA/Camden (I) LC-151,

Bluebird 0786366528 2 (cd) (prob. with a.b.c.e.)

Lee Konitz 5 49-0111
January 11, 1949 NYC

Lee Konitz as/ Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Arnold Fishkin b/ Shelly Manne d

a.(JRC3-A) Progression (Konitz) (3:01)
b.(JRC-7) Tautology (Konitz) (2:43)
c.(JRC-10) Retrospection (Tristano) (3:06)
d.(JRC-8-J) Subconscious-Lee (Konitz) (2:49)
e.(JRC-11-B) Judy (Tristano) (2:55)

Notes:
Tautology = Progression on all LP's, Tautology = Reiteration on all Esquire

pers. e. Manne out

c. with wrong recording date on Membran (D) 222616

Issues:
all (minus a.) on Prestige LP 7004, Barclay (F) BLP-84062, Prestige PR 7250, Xtra (GB) 5049, Esquire (GB) 32-027, Voix de son Maitre (F) FELP 10013, Prestige(J)SMJ-6522, Prestige P-24081, Prestige/Fantasy OJC-186/OJCCD-186-2 (cd)

a. on Prestige P-24046
b. also on New Jazz NJ-832, Prestige Pre-832,Prestige EP-1308,Prestige PRLP-101, Esquire (GB) 10-145, Esquire (GB) 20-094, Esquire (GB) EP-185, Metronome B-534, Barclay (F) 84062
c. same as b. + Musica Jazz (I) 2MJP 1032
d. also on New Jazz NJ-80001, New Jazz NJ-808, Prestige Pre-808, Prestige EP-1308, Prestige PRLP-101, Melodisc (GB) 1110, Gazell (S) 2025, Barclay (F) 84062, Esquire (GB) EP-185
e. same as d.

a.c.d.e. also on Rockin' Chair(E) no number (cd)

b.c.d.e. also on Giants of Jazz (I) CD 53149 (cd) LENNIE TRISTANO TRIO, QUARTET, QUINTET & SEXTET 1946-1949 (var)
b.c.d.e. also on Membran (D) 222453-444 (cd) entitled LEE KONITZ SAX OFA KIND

b.c.d.e. also on Discoconforme (E) GV 1358 (cd) entitled LENNIE TRISTANO SUPERSONIC PORTRAIT OFA GENIUS

c. also on Membran (D) 222616 (CD-Box) entitled BATTLE OF GUITARS (var)

d. also on Disky MP 791052-2 (cd) entitled GREATEST JAZZ GOLDEN GREATS (var)

a.c.d. also on Le Chant du Monde (I) 2741529 (cd) entitled LEE KONITZ TWO NOT ONE

all minus a. also on Membran (D) 222780 (CD-Box) entitled THE ULTIMATIVE JAZZ ARCHIVE (var)

Lennie Tristano 6 49-0304
March 4, 1949 NYC

Lee Konitz as/ Warne Marsh ts/ Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Arnold Fishkin b/ Harold Granowsky dr

a. (3413-3) Wow (Tristano) (3:22)
b. (3414-1) Crosscurrent (Tristano) (2:50)

Issues:
all on Capitol M-11060, Capitol (Eu) 5CO-5280 853, International (I) SNIR-CP 25.007, Capitol (J) CR-8084, Capitol (J) ECJ-50076, Affinity (GB) AFF-149, Capitol CDP 7243 8 52771 2 2(cd)


Issues: a. also on Capitol 57-60003, Capitol H/T 371, Capitol (GB) CL-13157, Capitol (GB) T 20187, Capitol (GB) LC-6598,HdCV (A) -1013
b. also on Capitol 57-60003, Capitol EAP1-491, Capitol (GB) CL-13157, Capitol (GB) T 20514, Cap (D) K-41549, Telefunken (D) 80177, Giants of Jazz (I) CD 53149 (cd) LENNIE TRISTANO TRIO, QUARTET, QUINTET & SEXTET 1946-1949 (var)
a. also on Le Chant du Monde (F) 574 1211.20 (cd) LES TRESORS DU JAZZ 1944-1951 (var)
all also on Membran (D) 222453-444 (cd) entitled LEE KONITZ SAX OFA KIND
all also on also on Discoconforme (E) GV 1358 (cd) entitled LENNIE TRISTANO SUPERSONIC PORTRAIT OFA GENIUS
a.b. also on Le Chant du Monde (I) 2741529 (cd) entitled LEE KONITZ TWO NOT ONE
all also on Membran (D) 222780 (CD-Box) entitled THE ULTIMATIVE JAZZ ARCHIVE (var)

Lennie Tristano 4 49-0314
March 14, 1949 NYC

Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Arnold Fishkin b/ Harold Granowsky dr

a. (3714-1) Yesterdays (Harbach-Kern) (2:50)

Issues:
Capitol 1224, Capitol H/T 371, Capitol (GB) CL-13456, Capitol (GB) LC-6598, Capitol (GB) T 20187, Capitol M-11060, Capitol (Eu) 5CO-5280 853, Telefunken (D) C-80263, International (I) SNIR-CP 25.007, Capitol (J) CR-8084, Capitol (J) ECJ-50076, Affinity (GB) AFF-149, New World Records NW 216, Capitol CDP 7243 8 52771 2 2(cd), (as "Yesterday") also on Giants of Jazz (I) CD 53149 (cd) LENNIE TRISTANO TRIO, QUARTET, QUINTET & SEXTET 1946-1949 (var)
Membran (D) 222276-354 (cd) BATTLE OF PIANOS (var)
Discoconforme (E) GV 1358 (cd) entitled LENNIE TRISTANO SUPERSONIC PORTRAIT OFA GENIUS

also on Membran (D) 222780 (CD-Box) entitled THE ULTIMATIVE JAZZ ARCHIVE (var)

Lennie Tristano 6 49-0516
May 16, 1949 NYC

Lee Konitz as/ Warne Marsh ts/ Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Arnold Fishkin b/ Denzil Best dr

a. (3784) Marionette (Bauer) (3:05)
b. (3785) Sax Of A Kind (Konitz-Marsh) (3:01)
c. (3786-2) Intuition (Tristano) (2:30)
d. (3787) Digression (Tristano) (3:07)

Issues:
all on Capitol M-11060, Capitol (Eu) 5CO-5280 853, International (I) SNIR-CP 25.007, Capitol (J) CR-8084, Capitol (J) ECJ-50076, Affinity (GB) AFF-149, Capitol CDP 7243 8 52771 2 2(cd)

a.also on Capitol 57-60003, Capitol H/T 371, Capitol T 796, Capitol/Telefunken (D) K-83091, Capitol (GB) LC-6598, Capitol (GB) T 20514, Capitol (GB) 1J060-80156, HCdV (A) -1013, Telefunken (D) C-80177, EMI/Capitol CDP 8 52771 2 (cd)
b.also on Capitol 57-60003, Capitol EAP1-491, Capitol (GB) T 20514, Capitol/Telefunken (D) K-41549
c.also on Capitol 1224, Capitol EAP1-491, Capitol (GB) CL-13456, Capitol (GB) T-20578, Capitol/Telefunken (D) K-41549, Capitol/Telefunken (D) C-80263
d.also on Capitol EAP1-491, Capitol/Telefunken (D) K-41459
a.c.d. also on Giants of Jazz (I) CD 53149 (cd) LENNIE TRISTANO TRIO, QUARTET, QUINTET & SEXTET 1946-1949 (var)
c.d. also on Le Chant du Monde (F) 574 1211.20 (cd) LES TRESORS DU JAZZ 1944-1951 (var)
d. also on Musica Jazz (I) MJCD 1136 (cd) entitled DIGRESSIONS (var)
all also on Membran (D) 222453-444 (cd) entitled LEE KONITZ SAX OFA KIND
all also on Discoconforme (E) GV 1358 (cd) entitled LENNIE TRISTANO SUPERSONIC PORTRAIT OFA GENIUS
a.c. also on Le Chant du Monde (I) 2741529 (cd) entitled LEE KONITZ TWO NOT ONE
all also on Membran (D) 222780 (CD-Box) entitled THE ULTIMATIVE JAZZ ARCHIVE (var)

Lennie Tristano 6 49-1215
December 15, 1949 NYC

Warne Marsh ts/ Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Arnold Fishkin b/ Jeff Morton dr

a. Remember (Tristano) (8:11)
b. Pennies (Tristano) (5:38)
c. Foolish Things (Tristano) (3:55)
d. Indiana (Tristano) (5:26)
e. I'm No Good With You (Tristano) (4:12)

Issues:
all on Jazz Records JR-1

Stars Of Modern Jazz - Lennie Tristano 6 49-1224
December 24, 1949 Carnegie Hall, NYC

Lee Konitz as/Warne Marsh ts/Lennie Tristano p/Billy Bauer g/Joe Shulman b/Jeff Morton dr

a. You Go To My Head (Gillespie-Coots) (4:30)
b. Sax Of A Kind (Konitz-Marsh) (5:10)

Issues:
all on IAJRC (Can) 20, DAN (J) VC-5013, Jass Records J-CD-16 (cd), Braba (I) BB-01
a. also on Giants of Jazz (I) CD 53149 (cd) LENNIE TRISTANO TRIO, QUARTET, QUINTET & SEXTET 1946-1949 (var)
b. also on Le Chant du Monde (F) 574 1211.20 (cd) LES TRESORS DU JAZZ 1944-1951 (var)

LENNIE TRISTANO SEXTET 50-0000A
1950, NYC:

Lee Konitz as/ Warne Marsh ts/ Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ unknown b, dr

a. Wow (Lennie Tristano) (8:27)
b. Remembrance (Lennie Tristano) (3:53)
c. April fool (Billy Bauer) (9:51)
d. Subconscious-Lee (Lee Konitz) (3:51)
e. Fugue in D minor, BWV 899 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (1:04)
f. Chord interlude (Lennie Tristano) (0:27)
g. Sound-Lee (Lee Konitz) (7:52)
h. Do the things you do (Lennie Tristano) (3:32)
i. No figs (Lennie Tristano) (7:42)

Notes:
e. Lee/Warne + b only / f. Lennie only b and dr unknown, exact date and location unknown

Issues:
all on Jazz Records JR-9 CD (cd)

Metronome All Stars 1950 50-0110
January 10, 1950 NYC

Dizzy Gillespie tp/ Kai Winding tb/ Buddy DeFranco cl/ Lee Konitz as/ Stan Getz ts/ Serge Chaloff bs/ Lennie Tristano p/ Billy Bauer g/ Eddie Safranski b/ Max Roach dr/ Pete Rugolo arr

a. Double Date (Rugolo) (3:08)
b. No Figs (Tristano) (3:39)

Issues:
all on Harmony HL-7044, CBS (NL) 65392, Columbia (S) DS-1896, CBS/Sony (J) SONP-50419, CBS/Sony (J) SOPM-188, Tax m-8039, Pickwick (F) MPD-281, Braba (I) BB-01

a.b. also on Columbia 38734, Columbia 1-557, Columbia(GB)DB-2718,

b. also on Musica Jazz (I) 2MJP 1032

b. also on Le Chant du Monde (I) 2741529 (cd) entitled LEE KONITZ TWO NOT ONE

Attention: Double date/No figs 78’s + Single without Dizzy and +Stan solos


Charlie Parker 51-0800
August 1951 Tristano’s Studio,NYC

Charlie Parker as/Lennie Tristano p/Kenny Clarke dr

a. All of me (Simons-Marks) (3:45)
b. I can’t believe that you’re in love with me (C.Gaskill) (4:42)

Notes: Kenny Clarke brushes (on a phone book or newspaper)

Issues:
Philology (I)214 W 18 entitled CHARLIE PARKER BIRD’S EYES last unissued, vol.4
Also on Philology (I) W 5/18-2 entitled CHARLIE PARKER BIRD’S EYES last unissued, vol.4


Lennie Tristano 3 51-1030
October 30, 1951 NYC

Lennie Tristano p/ Peter Ind b/ Roy Haynes dr

a.(E1KB-4138-1) Ju-Ju (Tristano) (2:15)
b.(E1KB-4139-1) Pas-time (Tristano) (3:39)

Issues:
all on Jazz 101, Eastwind (J) EW-8040, Inner City IC-6002, Braba (I) BB-01, Eastwind (J) UCCJ-9072 (cd)

Lennie Tristano 5 52-0717
July 17, 1952 UJPO Hall (United Jewish People’s Order), Toronto,Can

Lee Konitz as/ Warne Marsh ts/ Lennie Tristano p/ Peter Ind b/ Al Levitt dr

a. Lennie's Pennies (Tristano) (6:08)
b. 317East 32nd (Tristano) (8:26)
c. You Go To My Head (Coots-Gillespie) (6:36)
d. April (Tristano) (7:40)
e. Sound-Lee (Konitz) (7:31)
f. Back Home (Tristano) (7:45)

Issues:
all on Jazz Records JR-5
a.b. (b. as “Out of nowhere”) also on Le Chant du Monde (I) 2741529 (cd) entitled LEE KONITZ TWO NOT ONE

Lennie Tristano 53-0000A
1953 NYC

Lennie Tristano p

a. Descent Into The Maelstrom (Tristano) (3:24)

Issues:
Eastwind (J) EW-8040, Inner City IC-6002, Eastwind (J) UCCJ-9072 (cd)

Lennie Tristano 3 54-0000
1954 - 1955 Tristano's home studio, NYC

Lennie Tristano p/ Peter Ind b (1)/ Jeff Morton dr (1)

a.(4356) Line Up (1) (Tristano) (3:33)
b.(4357) Requiem (Tristano) (4:51)
c.(4358) Turkish Mambo (Tristano) (3:37)
d.(4359) East Thirty-Second (1) (Tristano) (4:32)

Issues:
all on Atlantic 1224, Atlantic (GB) 590 031, Atlantic (F) 232019, Atlantic (D) 50245, Atlantic (I) SD 1224, Atlantic SD 2-7003, London (GB) LTZ-K 15033, Atlantic (J) P-7527A, Atlantic (J) P-6118, Atlantic (Eu) 60154W, Mosaic MQ10-174, Mosaic MD6-174 (cd), Atlantic (J) WPCR-25011 (cd)

a.b.also on I Grandi Del Jazz (I) GdJ-13
b.also on Atlantic EP 569, Metronome MEP 257, I Grandi Del Jazz (I) GdJ 13
d.also on Atlantic EP 569, Metronome MEP 257

Lennie Tristano 4 55-0611
11.6.1955 Sing Song Room of Confucius Restaurant, NYC

Lee Konitz as/ Lennie Tristano p/ Gene Ramey b/ Art Taylor dr

set one:

a. April (7:05)
b. Sweet and lovely (Arnheim-Daniles-Tobias) (5:16)
c. Background music (Marsh) (5:52)
d. If I had you (Shapiro-Campbell-Connelly) (6:21)
e. Donna Lee (5:24)

set two:

f. (4363) 317 East 32nd (Tristano) (6:53)
g. (4364) These foolish things (Link-Strachey-Marvell) (5:37)
h. (4365) s’wonderful (Gershwin-Gershwin) (4:53)
i. (4366) You go to my head (Coots) (5:20)
j. (4367) All the things you are (Kern-Hammrstein) (6:05)

set three:

k. Lennie-Bird (Tristano) (5:59)
l. My melancholy baby (Bernett-Norton) (7:00)
m. April (Tristano) (8:00)

set four:

n. (4360) Pennies in minor (Tristano) (6:06)
o. (4361) Mean to me (Ahlert-Turk) (7:34)
p. (4362) Confucius blues (Tristano) (6:35)
q. (4368) Ghost of a chance (Crosby-Washington-Young) (5:58)
r. (4369) Whispering (Coburn-Rose-Schonberger) (4:07)

set five:

s. Background music (6:22)
t. There will never be another you (Warren-Gordon) (7:24)
u. Donna Lee (Parker) (6:24)

Notes: not sure if defintely from this date, maybe this was the date Atlantic purchased the tapes

Issues:
d.g.i.j.q. on Atlantic 1224, Atlantic (I) SD 1224, Atlantic (GB) 590 031, London (GB) LTZ-K15033, Atlantic (Eu) 50245, Atlantic (J) P-6118A, Atlantic (J) P-7527A, Atlantic (J) WPCR-25011 (cd)

d.g.i.j.q. also on Atlantic SD 2-7003, Atlantic (Eu) 60154W (these are the original stereo tapes!)

b.c.f.h.k.l.m.n.o.p.r.t.u. on Atlantic SD 2-7006

complete session on Mosaic MQ10-174, Mosaic MD6-174 (cd)

d.g.i.j.q.p. also on Membran (D) 222453-444 (cd) entitled LEE KONITZ SAX OFA KIND

i.j. also on Atlantic EP 568, Metronome MEP 256
g.j.q.also on I Grandi Del Jazz (I) GdJ 13
k.p. also on Le Chant du Monde (I) 2741529 (cd) entitled LEE KONITZ TWO NOT ONE

Lennie Tristano 3 55-0000A
1955-1956 NYC

Lennie Tristano p/ Peter Ind b/ Tom Weyburn dr

a. Manhattan Studio (Tristano) (2:36)
b. My Melancholy Baby (Burnett-Norton) (5:59)
c. Lover Man (Davis-Ramirez-Sherman) (3:36)
d. I'll See You In My Dreams (Jones-Kahn) (3:01)
e. There Will Never Be Another You (Gordon-Warren) (3:40)
f. Momentum (Tristano) (6:36)
g. Mean To Me (Ahlert-Turk) (4:50)
h. All The Things You Are (Hammerstein-Kern) (6:28)
i. I'll Remember April (DePaul-Johnston-Raye) (3:27)

Issues:
all on Elektra Musician 96-0264-1, Jazz Records JR 11 CD

Lennie Tristano 4 58-0809
August 9, 1958 The Half Note, NYC

Warne Marsh ts/ Lennie Tristano p/ Henry Grimes b/ Paul Motian dr

a. Continuity (Tristano) (NC) (4:05)
b. She's Funny That Way (Daniels-Whiting) (NC) (3:46)
c. My Baby (Tristano) (5:27)
d. Everything Happens To Me (Dennis-Adair) (NC) (0:50)

Issues:
all on Jazz Records JR-6, Radio Acetates (Amalgamated Music)

Lennie Tristano 58-0000A
1958-1962 NYC

Lennie Tristano p

a. Becoming (Tristano) (4:31)
b. C Minor Complex (Tristano) (5:47)
c. Deliberation (Tristano) (4:48)
d. Scene And Variations
Carol (Tristano) (2:51)
Tania (Tristano) (4:29)
Bud (Tristano) (4:20)
e. Love Lines (Tristano) (2:18)
f. G Minor Complex (Tristano) (3:50)
g. You Don't Know What Love Is (Raye-DePaul) (3:26)

Issues:
all on Atlantic 1357, Atlantic (J) P-7531A, Atlantic (GB) 590 017, Atlantic (Eu) 60154W, Atlantic SD 2-7003, Mosaic MQ10-174, Mosaic MD6-174 (cd)

a.f.g. also on I Grandi Del Jazz (I) GdJ-13

Lennie Tristano 61-0000A
1961 (?) NYC

Lennie Tristano p

a. Take 1 - Rehearsal From Recording Date (Tristano) (4:30)
b. Take 2 - Rehearsal From Recording Date (Tristano) (3:11)
c. Take 3 - Rehearsal From Recording Date (Tristano) (4:03)

Issues:
all on Eastwind (J) EW-8040 / Inner City IC-6002, Eastwind (J) UCCJ-9072 (cd)

Lennie Tristano 5 64-0809
August 9, 1964 NYC

Lee Konitz as/ Warne Marsh ts/ Lennie Tristano p/ Sonny Dallas b/ Nick Stabulas dr

a. Subconscious-Lee (Konitz) (5:50)
b. 317East 32nd Street (Tristano) (9:44)
c. Background Music (Marsh) (7:32)

Issues:
all on Richelieu AX-120, Jazz Records JR-6, Heart Note Records (S) HN001 (c. as „Back home“)

Lennie Tristano 64-0000A
1964-65 Palo Alto Studio, Hollis,N.Y.

Lennie Tristano p/ Sonny Dallas b (with the addition of Carol Tristano dr (rec. 1993)

a. Just Prez (Tristano) (7:57)
b. Palo Alto Scene (Tristano) (7:36)
c. It’s Personal (Tristano) (7:40)
d. Note To Note (Tristano) (9:42)
e. There Will Always Be You (Tristano) (7:33)

Issues:
all on Jazz Records JR 10 CD

Betty Scott with Lennie Tristano 65-0000A
1965 Palo Alto Studio, Hollis,N.Y.

Lennie Tristano p / Betty Scott voc

a. Stairway to the stars (Malneck-Parish-Signorelli) (6:10)
b. Embraceable you (Gershwin-Gershwin) (4:53)
c. Like someone in love (Burke-VanHeusen) (4:25)

Issues:
all on Jazz Records JR13CD

Lennie Tristano 65-1030
October 30, 1965 Berlin,D

Earl Hines p/ Teddy Wilson p/ John Lewis p/ Lennie Tristano p/ Bill Evans p/ Jaki Byard p/ Niels-Henning-Orsted Pedersen b/ Alan Dawson dr

a. Blues In D (Hines-Wilson-Lewis-Tristano-Evans-Byard) (7:23)

Notes: The piano players are playing one after the other with spoken introduction by Joachim-Ernst Berendt

Issues:
Philology (I) W 102

same location and date

Lennie Tristano p/Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen b/Alan Dawson dr

a. Introduction (0:33)
b. Cool Boogie (Tristano) (1:57)
c. Lennie Pennies
d. It's You Or No One (Cahn-Styne) (2:42)

Notes: „Introduction“ is part of „Blues in D“

Issues:
a.b. on Unique (Is) UJ 21
b.d. on Philology (I) W 102

Lennie Tristano 65-1031
October 31, 1965 Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen,DK

Lennie Tristano p

a. Darn That dream (DeLange-Van Heusen) (5:22)
b. Lullaby Of the Leaves (Petkere-Young) (3:09)
c. Expressions (Tristano) (4:05)
d. You Don't Know What Love Is (DePaul) (5:56)
e. Tivoli Gardens Swing (Tristano) (2:57)
f. Ghost of a chance (Crosby-Washington-Young) (4:24)
g. It's you or no one (Cahn-Styne) (3:27)
h. Imagination (Van Heusen-Burke (6:31)
i. Tangerine (Mercer-Schertzinger) (4:48)

Issues:
Recorded and broadcast by Danish radio and TV / all on Jazz Records JR12CD and on Video SV 6060

Lennie Tristano 65-1100A
November 1965 Stockholm,S

Lennie Tristano p

a. Darn That Dream (DeLange-Van Heussen) (2:49)
b. Lullaby Of The Leaves (Petkere-Young) (2:25)
c. Everything Happens To Me (Dennis-Adair) (3:18)
d. Foolin' Myself (Razaf-Waller) (3:12)

Issues:
all on Unique (Is) UJ 21

Lennie Tristano 65-1103
November 3, 1965 Paris,F

Lennie Tristano p

a. Dream: Paris 1965 (Tristano) (2:58)
b. Image: Paris 1965 (Tristano) (3:25)

Notes: on Unique issue as a. Darn that dream b. Imagination

Issues:
all on Eastwind (J) EW-8040, Inner City IC-6002, Eastwind (J) UCCJ-9072 (cd),  Unique (Is) UJ 21

Lennie Tristano 65-1104
November 4, 1965 Milano,I

Lennie Tristano p

a. Darn that dream
b. Almost Tea
c. Everything happens to me
d. It could happen to you
e. You go to my head
f. Minor mood (= C Minor complex)
g. Yesterdays
h. Don’t blame me
i. Lullabye of the leaves
j. You don’t know what love is

Issues:
a. – g. on Heart Note Records (S) HN-001 enitled LENNIE TRISTANO




Lennie Tristano 65-1109
November 9, 1965 Padova,I

Lennie Tristano p

a. C Minor complex
b. Darn that dream
c. Yesterdays


Lennie Tristano 66-0000A
1966 NYC

Lennie Tristano p

a. Stretch (Tristano) (6:08)
b. Con Con (Tristano) (8:47)


Issues:
all on Eastwind (J) EW-8040, Inner City IC-6002, Eastwind (J) UCCJ-9072 (cd)

Betty Scott with Lennie Tristano 71-04-00A
April, 1971 Palo Alto Studio, Hollis,N.Y.

Lennie Tristano p / Betty Scott voc

a. I remember you (Mercer-Schertzinger) (5:07)
b. You don’t know what love is (Raye-dePaul) (5:16)
c. All the things you are (Hammerstein-Kern) (4:58)

Issues:
all on Jazz Records JR13CD

Betty Scott with Lennie Tristano 71-0513
May 13, 1971 Palo Alto Studio, Hollis,N.Y.

Lennie Tristano p / Betty Scott voc

a. If I should lose you (Rainger-Robin) (4:45)
b. I’ll close my eyes (Kaye-Reid) (4:43)
c. Don’t worry about me (Bloom-Kohler) (4:27)

Issues:
all on Jazz Records JR13CD

Betty Scott with Lennie Tristano 71-0514
May 14, 1971 Palo Alto Studio, Hollis,N.Y.

Lennie Tristano p / Betty Scott voc

a. I should care (Cahn-Stordahl) (4:44)

Issues:
all on Jazz Records JR13CD

Betty Scott with Lennie Tristano 74-0100A
January, 1974 Palo Alto Studio, Hollis,N.Y.

Lennie Tristano p / Betty Scott voc

a. It could happen to you (Burke-VanHeusen) (4:20)

Issues:
all on Jazz Records JR13CD

Bibliography
Lennie Tristano Bibliography

1. Jean Améry „IM BANNE DES JAZZ“ (Albert Müller, Zürich,Stuttgart,Wien 1961) Kapitel 8 Kühl bis ans Herz: Lennie Tristano pp. 51-56 Foto gegenüber p.49 Lennie Tristano am Piano (JEBerendt)

2. Jürgen Susat „DISCOGRAPHY OF THE ‘UNCOMPROMISING LENNIE TRISTANO“ (Der Jazzfreund, Menden,(D) 1986) Jazzfreund Publikation Nr.31

3. Harald Hollenstein (comp.) „LENNIE TRISTANO ON LP’S RECORDS“ (Jazz 3600, Sierre,(CH)1984)

4. Gernot Elmenhorst, Walter von Bebenburg „DIE JAZZ-DISKOTHEK: LENNIE TRISTANO“ (Rowohlt, Reinbek(D) 1961 Lennie Tristano pp.271,272)

5. Alan Bargebuhr „REVIEW: LENNIE TRISTANO, LIVE IN TORONTO, JAZZ RECORDS JR-5“ (Cadence October 1983)

6. James McCulla „JAZZ - A LISTENER’S GUIDE“ (Prentice-Hall,Inc., Englewood Cliffs,N.J. (?)
pp.91-98)

7. Hans Jürgen Schulman „DIE STILISTISCHE BEDEUTUNG VON LENNIE TRISTANO INNERHALB DER ENTWICKLUNG DES JAZZ-KLAVIERS“ (Staatsexamensarbeit Referent Dr.Ilse Storb) Mülheim,(D) 21.8.1975

8. Bill Coss „LENNIE TRISTANO SPEAKS OUT“ (Downbeat XXIX/24 Dec 6, 1962 pp.19-21)

9. ? Review: LENNIE TRISTANO THE ROYAL HALL, HARROGATE,(GB) (Downbeat ? p.30)

10. (nat) ? „‘WHY DON’T THEY LEAVE ME ALONE?’ - Tristano“ (? Boston ?)

11. Herbert Hellhund „COOL JAZZ: Grundzüge seiner Entstehung und Entwicklung“ Mainz (1985)

12. Ira Gitler „JAZZ MASTERS OF THE FORTIES“ New York, 1966/1983 pp.226-261

13. Barry Ulanov „MASTER IN THE MAKING“ (Metronome IXV/8 1949 p.14)

14. H.Pekar „LENNIE TRISTANO“ (Jazz Records II/6 1960 p.13)

15. H.Pekar „LENNIE TRISTANO“ (Jazz Magazine VIII/4 1962 p.6)

16. Gudrun Endresss „LENNIE TRISTANO“ (Jazz Magazine XI/12 1966 p.21) Interview

17. Chris Sheridan „LENNIE TRISTANO“ (Jazz Podium XXVIII, 1979) p.12)

18. Leonard Feather „PIANO GIANTS OF JAZZ: LENNIE TRISTANO“ (CK, VI/1 1980 p.60)

19. Richie Beirach „LENNIE TRISTANO’S LINE UP’: THE ESSENCE OF BEBOP FROM A NEGLECTED PIONEER OF JAZZ PIANO OVERDUBBING“ (Keyboard XI/7 1985 p.44)