Peter Ind

damonsmith · #1 11-24-2008, 08:02 PM

I have been reading Peter Ind's book on Tristano, it is a nice read and he is great player. He really lays down some heavy quarter note lines and great solos on Tristano's "Manhattan Studio". A lot of his work is on emusic:
http://www.emusic.com/artist/Peter-I.../12108104.html
His recent duo with Rufus Reid is outstanding:
http://www.emusic.com/album/Peter-In.../11318218.html

I have had his solo LP "Improvisation" for many years, it has some great playing as well some interesting experiments with over-dubbing and tape speeds.
Another great LP to track down is the fantastic duo with Sal Mosca
He is a really interesting and innovative player. He seems to be still active at 80 years old:
http://www.myspace.com/peterind

oliebrice · #2 11-25-2008, 08:56 AM

I saw Peter Ind a few days ago, in trio with Lee Konitz and Dave Cliff. He still sounds great...

Ed Fuqua · #3 11-25-2008, 09:00 AM

My teacher (and his wife Alexa, who's a singer who studied with Sal) got to hang with Peter a few years back when they visited Great Britain (I think he was living in London then). Joe's got a nice cassette recording of them both playing bass with Alexa singing.

Are you hip to the tapes of Peter playing bass lines to tunes (along with a metronome) that he gave to Lennie to play along with? Joe has some of that stuff, it's a gas to listen to...

damonsmith · #4 11-25-2008, 08:57 PM

Are they good? I read Lennie recorded with them and changed the speed.

Ed Fuqua · #5 11-26-2008, 10:00 AM

I don't know about changing the speed, but he did overdub his playing and released at least some of it commercially. Personally, I identify more with Sonny Dallas' time and approach, but there are some really nice lines in the recordings....

damonsmith · #6 11-26-2008, 10:52 AM

Yeah, I hear you on Sonny Dallas, Ind is interesting to me because I think he was more experimental - making solo lps and such. For walking and jazz time Sonny is one of my very favorites, I can listen to that guy walk quarter notes all day. I just got "Intuition". I really wish that trio with Konitz and Elvin made about 10 more albums.

Don Higdon · #7 11-27-2008, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by damonsmith

Are they good? I read Lennie recorded with them and changed the speed.

Yes, they're good, and yes, Tristano altered the speed (faster). I had the original LP and have the CD reissue. Overdubbing was Lennie's idea.