Lennie Tristano Professions : Jazz PianistBorn : March 19, 1919Died : November 18, 1978 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Lennie Tristano The hippest thing you can do is not play at all. Just listen. Lennie Tristano jazzmusicplay You could make your fingers reproduce exactly what you felt, if you really worked at it. I achieved it, not only spending a lot of time at the keyboard but finding ways I could make my fingers reproduce my deepest feelings. It meant, when you hit a note with a finger, you sank into that note all the way to the bottom of the keyboard until it went pow! Right? Lennie Tristano keyboardsfeelingsway It's not instant composing; it's not following any kind of a formula. All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it. Lennie Tristano composingformulaskind The jazz musician's function is to feel. Lennie Tristano functionjazzmusician Dave Frank is one of the few people that can REALLY play! Lennie Tristano daveplaypeople Similar Authors Brad Mehldau jazz-pianist Andrew Hill jazz-pianist Art Tatum jazz-pianist Alice Coltrane jazz-pianist Billy Taylor jazz-pianist Ahmad Jamal jazz-pianistAll Authors
