Cover -- contents -- preface -- Part I: Lennie: The Man and His Music -- 1 my early contact with jazz - the sounds of lennie tristano and of charlie parker (bird) -- 2 my early experiences of new york jazz -- 3 living in new york - working with lennie in the early days -- 4 other influences on jazz musicians and artists during the fifties -- 5 lennie and the changes in jazz from the fifties -- 6 lennie's influence and what happened to his associates from those fifties days -- Lee Konitz (b. 1927) -- Warne Marsh (b. 1927, d. 1987) -- Sal Mosca (b. 1927) -- Ronnie Ball (b. 1927, d. 1984) -- Don Ferrara (b. 1928) -- Willie Dennis (William DeBernardinis, b. 1926, d. 1965) -- Billy Bauer (b. 1915, d. 2005) -- Ted Brown (b. 1927) -- Arnold Fishkin (b. 1919, d. 1999) -- Jeff Morton (Jeffrey Morton Haber, b. 1929, d. 1997) -- Al (Alan) Levitt (b. 1932, d. 1994) -- Dick Scott (Tox Drohar) -- Peter Ind (b. 1928) -- 7 a reflection on lennie as I knew him - the man and musician -- Part II Lennie: A More Technical Consideratio nof Jazz Improvisation and His Legacy -- 8 what do we mean by jazz? -- 9 appreciating jazz improvisation -- 10 the technical base of jazz and lennie's approach -- Part III: A Reconsideration of Lennie's Legacy -- 11 mythmaking about lennie -- 12 lennie tristano and the enigma of non-recognition -- 13 mythmak ing and prejudices in jazz -- 14 reappraisal -- bibliography -- select discography -- Lennie Tristano -- Lee Konitz -- Warne Marsh -- Ronnie Ball -- Willie Dennis -- Tox Drohar -- Sal Mosca -- Ted Brown -- Peter Ind -- Billy Bauer -- index.