Lennie Tristano Catalog

1945 (The age of 26)

Lennie Tristano/Earl Swope - The Lost Session  (Jazz Guild JG 1008)

Lennie Tristano (p)
Chicago, IL, 1945 or 1946?
Yesterdays (Glad Am I)
What Is This Thing Called Love? (This Is Called Love)
Don't Blame Me (Blame Me)
I've Found A New Baby (I Found My Baby)
Marky Markowitz (tp) Earl Swope (tb) Emmett Carls (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Chubby Jackson (b) Don Lamond (d)
NYC, 1945 or 1946?
Tea For Two
Tea For Two (alt. take)
Blue Lou
These Foolish Things
These Foolish Things (alt. take)
It's The Talk Of The Town
It's The Talk Of The Town (alt. take)
Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Leonard Gaskin (b)
NYC, October 14, 1946
JBB-268A Night In Tunisia
-I Can't Get Started With You
** also issued on Phontastic Nostalgia (Swd) NOST 7635.

1946

Various Artists - Complete Keynote Collection  (Mercury (J) 18PJ 1051/71)

Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Clyde Lombardi (b)
NYC, October 8, 1946
HL176-1Out On A Limb
HL176-2-
HL176-3-
HL177-1I Can't Get Started
HL177-2-
HL178-1I Surrender, Dear
HL178-2-
HL178-3-
HL179-1Interlude
HL179-2-
HL179-3-
HL179-4-
HL179-5-
HL179-6-
Bob Leininger (b) replaces Lombardi
NYC, May 23, 1947
KH201Atonement
KH202-2Coolin' Off With Ulanov

Lennie Tristano - Untitled Blues  (Mercury (J) SNP 1050)

Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Clyde Lombardi (b)
NYC, October 8, 1946
Untitled Blues

Various Artists - Jazz, Vol. 9: Piano  (Folkways FJ 2809)

Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) unknown (b)
NYC, 1946 or 1947?
The Blues

1947

Various Artists - The Advance Guard Of The '40s  (EmArcy MG 36016)

Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Bob Leininger (b)
NYC, May 23, 1947
KH200Blue Boy
KH202-1Coolin' Off With Ulanov

Bill Harris - A Knight In The Village  (Jazz Showcase LP 5001)

Bill Harris (tb) Flip Phillips (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Chubby Jackson (b) Denzil Best (d)
"Bohemia Club", NYC, August 22, 1947
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Just You, Just Me
A Knight In The Village
Body And Soul / Sweet Lorraine / Flip Meets Billy

Various Artists - Lullaby In Rhythm  (Spotlite (E) SPJ 107)

Dizzy Gillespie (tp -1,2,4) John LaPorta (cl -1,2,4) Charlie Parker (as -1,2,4) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Ray Brown (b) Max Roach (d -1,2,4) Bruce Elliott, Barry Ulanov (ann)
WOR radio broadcast, "Bands For Bonds", NYC, September 13, 1947
1.Ko-Ko, I
2.Hot House
3.I Surrender, Dear
4.Fine And Dandy
Carl Caruso (ann) replaces Elliott, Ulanov
WOR radio broadcast, "Bands For Bonds", NYC, September 20, 1947
Ko-Ko, II
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
How Deep Is The Ocean?
Tiger Rag
52nd Street Theme
** also issued on Zim ZM 1001.

Lennie Tristano Solo (no details)  (Victor LPT31)

Lennie Tristano (p)
NYC, September 23, 1947
D7VB-1649I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
D7VB-1650Spontaneous Combustion

Lennie Tristano Solo (no details)  (Victor LJM 3001)

Lennie Tristano (p): same session
NYC, September 23, 1947
D7VB-1651Just Judy

Various Artists - The Jazz Keyboards  (Savoy MG 12043)

Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) John Levy (b)
NYC, October 23, 1947
T1391Supersonic
T1392On A Planet
T1393Air Pocket
T1394Celestia

Various Artists - The Modern Jazz Piano Album  (Savoy SJL 2247)

Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) John Levy (b): same session
NYC, October 23, 1947
T1391Supersonic (alt. take)

Various Artists - Anthropology  (Spotlite (E) SPJ 108)

Fats Navarro (tp -1,2,4,7/9) John LaPorta (cl -1,5,7/9) Charlie Parker (as -1,2,4,7/9) Allen Eager (ts -1,7/9) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Tommy Potter (b) Buddy Rich (d) Sarah Vaughan (vo -3) Bruce Elliott, Barry Ulanov (ann)
WOR radio broadcast, "Bands For Bonds", NYC, November 8, 1947
1.52nd Street Theme
2.Donna Lee
3.Everything I Have Is Yours
4.Hot House (Fats Flats)
5.Tea For Two
6.Don't Blame Me
7.Groovin' High
8.Ko-Ko
9.Anthropology
** also issued on Zim ZM 1002.

Lennie Tristano 1946-1947  (Classics 1184)

Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b)
NYC, December 23, 1947
#23Parallel
#26Apellation
#27Abstraction
#30Palimpset (Palimpsest)
Freedom

Lennie Tristano 1947-1951  (Classics 1290)

Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b): same session
NYC, December 23, 1947
#31Dissonance
add John LaPorta (cl)
NYC, December 31, 1947
#11 | D-584New Sound
#12 | D-582Thru' These Portals
#15 | D-585Resemblance
#16 | D-583Speculation

1949 (The age of 30)

The Metronome All Stars - From Swing To Be-Bop  (RCA Camden CAL 426)

Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Miles Davis, Fats Navarro (tp -1,2,5) Kai Winding (tb) J.J. Johnson (tb -1,2,5) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Charlie Parker (as) Charlie Ventura (ts) Ernie Caceres (bars -1,2,5) Lennie Tristano (p -1,2, p, arr -3/5) Billy Bauer (g) Eddie Safranski (b) Shelly Manne (d) Pete Rugolo (arr -1,2)
RCA Studios, NYC, January 3, 1949
1. D9VB-0021-1Overtime (long version)
2. D9VB-0021-2Overtime (short version)
3. D9VB-0022-1Victory Ball (long version)
4. D9VB-0022-2Victory Ball (short version (alt. take))
5. D9VB-0022-3Victory Ball (short version)
** also issued on RCA Bluebird ND 87636 entitled "The Metronome All Star Bands".

Various Artists - 25 Years Of Prestige  (Prestige PR 24046)

Lee Konitz (as) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b) Shelly Manne (d)
NYC, January 11, 1949
JRC3AProgression

Lee Konitz With Tristano, Marsh And Bauer  (Prestige PRLP 7004)

Lee Konitz (as) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b) Shelly Manne (d -1,3)
NYC, January 11, 1949
1. JRC3Tautology (Progression)
2. JRC4ARetrospection
3. JRC8JSubconscious-Lee
4. JRC11BJudy
** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7250; Fantasy OJC 186, OJCCD 186-2 entitled "Subconscious-Lee".

Lennie Tristano/Buddy DeFranco/Bill Harris - Capitol Jazz Classics, Vol. 14: Crosscurrents  (Capitol M 11060)

Lee Konitz (as) Warne Marsh (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b) Harold Granowsky (d)
NYC, March 4, 1949
3413-3Wow
3414-1Crosscurrent
Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b) Harold Granowsky (d)
NYC, March 14, 1949
3714-1Yesterdays
Lee Konitz (as) Warne Marsh (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b) Denzil Best (d -1,2)
NYC, May 16, 1949
1. 3784Marionette
2. 3785Sax Of A Kind
3. 3786-2Intuition
4. 3787Digression
** also issued on Capitol (H) 5C 052.80853.

Various Artists - Carnegie Hall X-Mas '49: Charlie Parker And The Stars Of Modern Jazz At Carnegie Hall  (Jass JCD 16)

Lee Konitz (as) Warne Marsh (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Joe Shulman (b) Jeff Morton (d)
broadcast, "Voice Of America", "Carnegie Hall", NYC, December 24, 1949
You Go To My Head
Sax Of A Kind

Lennie Tristano Quintet Live At Birdland 1949  (Jazz Records JR 1)

Warne Marsh (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Arnold Fishkin (b) Jeff Morton (d)
"Birdland", NYC, 1949
Remember
Pennies
Foolish Things
Indiana
I'm No Good Without You
** also issued on Jazz Records JR 1 CD.
** part of The Jazz Factory JFCD 22833.

1950

Metronome All Stars  (Columbia C2 38734)

Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Kai Winding (tb) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Lee Konitz (as) Stan Getz (ts) Serge Chaloff (bars) Lennie Tristano (p, arr) Billy Bauer (g) Eddie Safranski (b) Max Roach (d) Pete Rugolo (arr)
NYC, January 10, 1950
CO42629-1ADouble Date
CO42630-1ANo Figs
** also issued on Harmony HL 7044.

Lennie Tristano - Wow  (Jazz Records JR 9 CD)

Lee Konitz (as) Warne Marsh (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) possibly Joe Shulman (b) possibly Jeff Morton (d)
live in NYC, circa 1950
Wow
Remembrance
April Fool
Subconscious-Lee
Fugue In D Minor, BWV 899
Chord Interlude
Sound-Lee
Do The Things You Do
No Figs
** part of The Jazz Factory JFCD 22833.

1951

Charlie Parker - More Unissued, Vol. 1  (Royal Jazz (D) RJD 505)

Charlie Parker (as) Lennie Tristano (p) Kenny Clarke (d)
NYC, August, 1951
All Of Me
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

Lennie Tristano - Descent Into The Maelstrom  (East Wind (J) EW 8040)

Lennie Tristano (p) Peter Ind (b) Roy Haynes (d)
New Jersey?, October 30, 1951
E1KB-4138-1Ju-Ju
E1KB-4139-1Pastime
Lennie Tristano (p)
Lennie Tristano's home studio, NYC, 1953
Descent Into The Maelstrom
same personnel
Lennie Tristano's home studio, NYC, 1961
tk.1Rehearsal From A Recording Date
tk.2-
tk.3-
same personnel
Paris, France, November 3, 1965
Darn That Dream (Dream: Paris 1965)
Imagination (Image: Paris 1965)
Lennie Tristano (p) Sonny Dallas (b) Nick Stabulas (d)
Lennie Tristano's home studio, NYC, 1966
Stretch
Con-Con
** also issued on East Wind (J) UCCJ 9072; Inner City IC 6002.

1952

Lennie Tristano Quintet Live In Toronto 1952  (Jazz Records JR 5)

Lee Konitz (as) Warne Marsh (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Peter Ind (b) Al Levitt (d)
"UJPO (United Jewish People's Order) Hall", Toronto, Canada, July 17, 1952
Lennie's Pennies
317 East 32nd
You Go To My Head
April
Sound-Lee
Back Home
** also issued on Jazz Records JR 5 CD.

1954 (The age of 35)

Lennie Tristano  (Atlantic LP 1224)

Lennie Tristano (p) Peter Ind (b -1,4) Jeff Morton (d -1,4)
Lennie Tristano's home studio, NYC, 1954-1955
1. 4356Line Up
2. 4357Requiem
3. 4358Turkish Mambo
4. 4359East Thirty-Second Street
Lee Konitz (as) Lennie Tristano (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Taylor (d)
"The Sing-Song Room, Confucius Restaurant", NYC, 1st set, June 11, 1955
If I Had You
same personnel
"The Sing-Song Room, Confucius Restaurant", NYC, 2nd set, June 11, 1955
4364These Foolish Things
4366You Go To My Head
4367All The Things You Are
same personnel
"The Sing-Song Room, Confucius Restaurant", NYC, 4th set, June 11, 1955
4368A Ghost Of A Chance
** part of Mosaic MQ10-174, MD6-174.

1955

The Complete Atlantic Recordings Of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz And Warne Marsh  (Mosaic MQ10-174)

Lee Konitz (as) Lennie Tristano (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Taylor (d)
"The Sing-Song Room, Confucius Restaurant", NYC, 1st set, June 11, 1955
April (alt. take)
Donna Lee (alt. take)
same personnel
"The Sing-Song Room, Confucius Restaurant", NYC, 5th set, June 11, 1955
Background Music (alt. take)
** also issued on Mosaic MD6-174.
** same contents as Atlantic LP 1224 + LP 1357 + SD 2-7006 + 3 bonus tracks.

The Lennie Tristano Quartet  (Atlantic SD 2-7006)

Lee Konitz (as) Lennie Tristano (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Taylor (d): same personnel
"The Sing-Song Room, Confucius Restaurant", NYC, 1st set, June 11, 1955
Sweet And Lovely
Background Music
same personnel
"The Sing-Song Room, Confucius Restaurant", NYC, 2nd set, June 11, 1955
4363317 E. 32nd
4365'S Wonderful
same personnel
"The Sing-Song Room, Confucius Restaurant", NYC, 3rd set, June 11, 1955
Lennie-Bird
My Melancholy Baby
April
same personnel
"The Sing-Song Room, Confucius Restaurant", NYC, 4th set, June 11, 1955
4360Pennies In Minor
4361Mean To Me
4362Confucius Blues
4369Whispering
same personnel
"The Sing-Song Room, Confucius Restaurant", NYC, 5th set, June 11, 1955
There Will Never Be Another You
Donna Lee
** part of Mosaic MQ10-174, MD6-174.

Lennie Tristano - Manhattan Studio  (Jazz Records JR 11 CD)

Lennie Tristano (p) Peter Ind (b) Tom Weyburn (d)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, 1955-1956
Manhattan Studio
My Melancholy Baby
Lover Man
I'll See You In My Dreams
There Will Never Be Another You
Momentum
Mean To Me
All The Things You Are
I'll Remember April

1958

Lennie Tristano - Continuity  (Jazz Records JR 6)

Warne Marsh (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Henry Grimes (b) Paul Motian (d)
"The Half Note", NYC, October or August 9, 1958
Continuity
She's Funny That Way
My Baby
Everything Happens To Me
Lee Konitz (as) Warne Marsh (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Sonny Dallas (b) Nick Stabulas (d)
television broadcast, "Look Up & Live", "The Half Note", NYC, June, 1964
Subconscious-Lee
317 East 32nd
Background Music
** also issued on Jazz Records JR 6 CD.

1960 (The age of 41)

Lennie Tristano - The New Tristano  (Atlantic LP 1357)

Lennie Tristano (p)
Lennie Tristano's home studio, NYC, 1960-1962
Becoming
C Minor Complex
You Don't Know What Love Is
Deliberation
Scene And Variations: Carol / Tania / Bud
Love Lines
G Minor Complex
** part of Mosaic MQ10-174, MD6-174.

1964 (The age of 45)

Lennie Tristano - Note To Note  (Jazz Records JR 10 CD)

Lennie Tristano (p) Sonny Dallas (b) Carol Tristano (d)
Lennie Tristano's home studio, Palo Alto Street, Hollis, NY, 1964-1965
Just Prez
Palo Alto Scene
It's Personal
Note To Note
There Will Always Be You

1965

Various Artists - Piano Summit  (Philology (It) W 102)

Jaki Byard, Bill Evans, Earl Hines, John Lewis, Lennie Tristano, Teddy Wilson (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Alan Dawson (d)
"Berlino Philharmonie", Berlin, West Germany, October 30, 1965
Blues In D

Lennie Tristano Solo In Europe And Lee Konitz Quartet In Europe  (Unique Jazz UJ 021)

Lennie Tristano (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Connie Kay (d)
"Berlino Philharmonie", Berlin, West Germany, October 30, 1965
Introduction
Cool Boogie
It's You Or No One
Lennie Tristano (p)
same location, date
Darn That Dream
Imagination
same personnel
"Tivoli Gardens Concert Hall", Copenhagen, Denmark, October 31, 1965
Darn That Dream
Imagination
same personnel
"Johanneshovs Isstadion", Stockholm, Sweden, November 2, 1965
Darn That Dream
Lullaby Of The Leaves
Everything Happens To Me
Foolin' Myself

Lennie Tristano - Concert In Copenhagen  (Jazz Records JR 12 CD)

Lennie Tristano (p): same personnel
"Tivoli Gardens Concert Hall", Copenhagen, Denmark, October 31, 1965
Lullaby Of The Leaves
Expressions
You Don't Know What Love Is
Tivoli Gardens Swing
Ghost Of A Chance
It's You Or No One
Tangerine

Lennie Tristano  (Heart Note HN 001)

Lennie Tristano (p): same personnel
live in Milan, Italy, November 4, 1965
Darn That Dream
Almost Tea
Everything Happens To Me
It Could Happen To You
You Go To My Head
C Minor Complex (Minor Mood)
Yesterdays

Betty Scott Sings With Lennie Tristano  (Jazz Records JR 13 CD)

Lennie Tristano (p) Betty Scott (voice)
Lennie Tristano's home studio, Palo Alto Street, Hollis, NY, 1965, May 13 & 14, 1971, January, 1974
If I Should Lose You
I'll Close My Eyes
It Could Happen To You
Stairway To The Stars
I Remember You
Embraceable You
I Should Care
You Don't Know What Love Is
All The Things You Are
Don't Worry About Me
Like Someone In Love