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Lennie Tristano
Pianist, composer
1919–1978, born in Chicago, Illinois
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Neighborhoods
Wikipedia ties Lennie Tristano to Jamaica Estates, Hollis and Flushing in Queens. A tie, not always an origin
Places
Listen and read
Music spots
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Venue
Birdland (the first club)
1949–1965Named for Charlie Parker, it opened just north of West 52nd Street in December 1949 with Harry Belafonte and Lennie Tristano on the bill. The Count Basie Orchestra was a regular booking and recorded Basie at Birdland here, and Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis appeared. It closed in 1965; today’s Birdland is on West 44th Street, per Wikipedia.
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