Artist: Lennie Tristano & Warne Marsh
Album: Intuition
Genre: Bop, Cool
Label: Capitol Jazz
Released: 1996
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Smog Eyes (3:34)
- Ear Conditioning (5:16)
- Lover Man (4:30)
- Quintessence (4:16)
- Jazz of Two Cities (4:34)
- Dixie's Dilemma (4:23)
- Tschaikovsky's Opus #42, Third Movement (4:01)
- I Never Knew (5:04)
- Ear Conditioning (mono master) (5:17)
- Lover Man (mono master) (4:31)
- Jazz of Two Cities (mono take) (4:42)
- I Never Knew (mono take) (5:12)
- Wow (3:22)
- Crosscurrent (2:51)
- Yesterdays (2:48)
- Marionette (3:06)
- Sax of a Kind (3:02)
- Intuition (2:30)
- Digression (3:04)
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- Personnel:
- Lennie Tristano - piano
- Warne Marsh, Ted Brown - tenor saxophone
- Ronnie Ball - piano
- Billy Bauer - guitar
- George Tucker, Arnold Fishkin - bass
- Jeff Morton, Harold Granowsky, Denzil Best - drums
This CD brings back a formerly rare set by Warne Marsh, plus seven classic performances that serve as the high point of Lennie Tristano's career. Oddly enough, the Tristano date is programmed second. First is a full-length album which matches Warne Marsh with the cooler but complementary tone of fellow tenor Ted Brown (plus pianist Ronnie Ball, bassist George Tucker, and drummer Jeff Morton). The original eight selections are joined by four alternate takes recorded in mono. Marsh and Brown blend together well, Ball has several creative solos, and most of the "originals" are based closely on familiar standards. However, the main reason to acquire this CD is for the seven remarkable Tristano tracks which feature his finest group (consisting of the pianist/leader, altoist Lee Konitz, Marsh on tenor, guitarist Billy Bauer, bassist Arnold Fishkin, and either Harold Granowsky or Denzil Best on drums). Tristano's music was unique and even more advanced than most bop of the late '40s. While he confined the rhythm section to very quiet timekeeping, the vibrato-less horns and Tristano himself played very long melodic lines, constantly improvising. The stunning unisons performed by Konitz and Marsh (particularly on "Wow") still sound remarkable today, as does the interplay of the two horns on "Sax of a Kind." "Intuition" and "Digression" were the first recorded free improvisations in jazz, but are quite coherent due to the musicians' familiarity with each other. Due to the Lennie Tristano performances, this CD reissue (which has over 75 minutes of music) is essential for all jazz collections.
Review by Scott Yanow