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The Influential Recluse

on BBC Radio 3

The blind American pianist Lennie Tristano , who died in 1978, made his mark not just as a performer, but also as an inspired teacher. In the first of four programmes, Alun Morgan looks at Tristano's early career in Chicago where he began a long partnership with the guitarist Billy Bauer.

Contributors

Pianist:
Lennie Tristano
Unknown:
Alun Morgan
Guitarist:
Billy Bauer.

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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