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Instrument: Piano
Article Coverage | Calendar | Albums | Photos | Similar ArtistsThe Brian Dickinson Quintet: The Rhythm Method

by Dan McClenaghan
Toronto-based pianist Brian Dickinson explores the quintet with a two sax front line" on The Rhythm Method. He takes his lead from the somewhat overlooked pianist/conceptualist Lennie Tristano, who broke the ground with his historic 1949 Capitol Sessions featuring Lee Konitz on alto sax and Warne Marsh on tenor sax; and with his 1956 recordings with Marsh and Ted Brown, both on tenor. The set opens on Wayne Shorter's Orion," featuring a sparkling extended solo by Dickenson that ...
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