Lennie Tristano is one of the more interesting jazz figures I know little about. Despite listening to some of his early explorations in 'free jazz' and noting his influence on other jazz titans I adore, mainly Mingus, I am still largely unfamiliar with his corpus of work. Nonetheless, I like what I have heard so far. Songs like "Requiem" illustrate a creative side, mainly in the 'fusion' of classical and blues influences for a song honoring Charlie Parker. By writing such a spiritually-charged blues, "Requiem" brings to mind Alice Coltrane's "Turiya and Ramakrishna," although she does not adopt any classical-styled introduction to her composition.
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