Leslie Pintchik
Before embarking on her musical career, NYC based jazz pianist and composer Leslie Pintchik taught English literature (as a teaching assistant) at Columbia University, where she also received her Master of Philosophy degree in seventeenth-century English literature. While in graduate school, she decided to change course in an effort to give music a larger place in her life. After some years of study, jam sessions and local restaurant gigs, Leslie surfaced on the Manhattan scene in a trio with legendary bassist Red Mitchell at Bradley's. Red chose Leslie (along with guitarist Scott Hardy) for the warmth and powerful interplay he heard in their music, after hearing a tape of them playing together as a duo. Red Mitchell wrote Leslie Pintchik and Scott Hardy play miraculous music - in tune in all ways. And you can quote me on that.
In 1992, Leslie formed her own trio with her musical partner Scott Hardy (now playing bass instead of guitar) and with drummers Keith Copeland, Rich DeRosa and most notably, the percussionist Satoshi Takeishi, and the drummer Mark Dodge, with whom they have worked and toured since 1998. The trio has performed primarily in Manhattan at jazz venues that include Sweet Rhythm (formerly Sweet Basil), Knickerbocker, the Blue Note, 55 Bar, the Kitano, Zinno, Kavehaz, Watercolor Café, Sofia's and the Bottom Line. The group was one of four finalists in the 1995 Cognac Hennessy Jazz Search; subsequently, they shared a double bill with the Jay Leonhart trio at the Blue Note, and were the featured performers at the opening night gala of the 1996 Shandelee Music Festival. Bassist Scott Hardy presented the trio at the 1997 International Society of Bassists Convention held at Rice University in Houston.
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Album Review
- You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl! by Angelo Leonardi
- You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl! by Jerome Wilson
- You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl! by Dan Bilawsky
- True North by Luigi Sforza
- True North by Dan Bilawsky
- In the Nature of Things by Maurizio Zerbo
- In the Nature of Things by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
- In the Nature of Things by Dan McClenaghan
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- We're Here To Listen by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
April 01, 2018
All About Jazz Top 10 Tracks: March 2018
February 26, 2018
Leslie Pintchik: Eat, Drink, Steal
November 01, 2010
One Track Mind: Leslie Pintchik "Blowin' in the Wind" (2010)
I love the CD. The very first sound kept my attention All the Way. I loved the tunes and I loved the playing. —Jim Hall (about an earlier demo CD entitled Completely)
Pianist Leslie Pintchik’s playing urges the same kind of reflection in her listeners that she uses to make things sparkle. Just check the reserved but gorgeous version of 'Happy Days Are Here Again' on her new album, Quartets. —Timeout NY
... an adept interpreter of American Songbook classics and a composer of beautifully melodic tunes..
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You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl!
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