Christian Buckholz

Christian Buckholz / Jay Corre / Eddie DiMatteo: The Missing Chair -- For Lennie Tristano

by Jack Bowers
December 1, 2002

Drummer Christian Buckholz, who developed the idea for this album and produced it, was a close friend and student of the late pianist Lennie Tristano. He (almost) played in Lennie’s trio back in the ’60s (but that’s another story). The “missing chair,” of course, is Tristano’s, which means this unpretentious, bop-based session lacks a piano but makes up for that in other ways, primarily through the cozy interplay among Buckholz, bassist Eddie DiMatteo and tenor saxophonist Jay Corre. Some may ...