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Art Lande

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Art Lande
Born(1947-02-05)February 5, 1947[1]
New York, U.S.
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentPiano
LabelsECM
Websitewww.artlande.com

Art Lande is an American musician who was born in New York City, United States, on 5 February 1947.

Born in New York, Lande began piano at age 4. He attended Williams College and moved to San Francisco in 1969. In 1973 he recorded Red Lanta, an album of duets with Norwegian musician Jan Garbarek. With Mark Isham on trumpet, he started the Rubisa Patrol group in 1976.[2] They performed in the Bay Area and toured extensively in Europe by van. This group made two records for ECM: Rubisa Patrol (1976), Desert Marauders (1977), and one for 1750 Arch Records, The Story of Ba-Ku (1978).

In the early 1980s Lande taught at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. He moved to Switzerland, where he taught at a jazz school in St. Gallen. In 1987 he moved to Boulder, Colorado to teach at Naropa University.[3]

Lande has written many compositions, but is also known for his unusual and distinctive interpretations of popular and jazz standards. He has made several solo piano recordings devoted to such material, including The Eccentricities of Earl Dant in 1977, Hardball! (1987), Melissa Spins Away (1987), Friday the Thirteenth (1996, featuring thirteen Thelonious Monk compositions) and While She Sleeps (2005).

Although he is known as a pianist, Lande has performed and recorded on drums. He appeared in the 2021 film JazzTown, directed by Ben Makinen[4]

Discography

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As leader/co-leader

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Year recorded Title Label Notes
1973 Red Lanta ECM Duo, with Jan Garbarek (soprano sax, bass sax, flutes)[5] The title is an anagram of Art Lande's name.
1976 Rubisa Patrol ECM Rubisa Patrol Quartet, with Art Lande (piano), Mark Isham (trumpet, flugelhorn, soprano sax), Bill Douglass (bass, flutes), Glenn Cronkhite (drums, percussion)[6]
1977? The Eccentricities of Earl Dant 1750 Arch Street Records, Berkeley CA Solo piano. "Earl Dant" is an anagram of Art Lande's name.
1977 Desert Marauders ECM Rubisa Patrol Quartet, with Art Lande (piano), Mark Isham (trumpet, flugelhorn, soprano sax), Bill Douglass (bass, flutes), Kurt Wortman (drums)[7]
1978 The Story of Ba-Ku 1750 Arch Street Records, Berkeley CA Art Lande and Rubisa Patrol: (Mark Isham trumpet, Bill Douglas (bass, flute), Kurt Wortman (drums), Bruce Williamson (sax), Mark Miller (saxophone, flute)
1980 Shift in the Wind ECM Trio, with Gary Peacock (bass), Eliot Zigmund (drums)
1981 Skylight ECM Trio, with Paul McCandless (soprano sax, English horn, oboe, bass clarinet, wood flute), Dave Samuels (vibraharp, marimba, percussion)
1986 Frontal Planisphare Laszlo Spiro (guitar, synthesizer), Reto Giacopuzzi (drums), Dusan Prusak (bass, flute), Walter Hoffmann (sax), Art Lande (piano)
1987 We Begin ECM Duo, with Mark Isham (trumpet, fluegelhorn, piccolo trumpet, synthesizer, percussion)
1987 Hardball Great American Music Hall Art Lande - Solo piano[8]
1987 Melissa Spins Away Great American Music Hall Art Lande - solo piano
1990 Three Little Pigs; The Three Billy Goats Gruff Windham Hill Told by Holly Hunter with Music by Art Lande
1991 Red Riding Hood; Goldilocks and the Three Bears Windham Hill Told by Meg Ryan with Music by Art Lande
1992 Zanzibar Nguyen Le (guitar), Art Lande (piano), Paul McCandless (soprano saxophone, oboe, English horn and bass clarinet), Dean Johnson (bass0, Joel Allouche (drums).
1996 Friday the Thirteenth Vartan Jazz Art Lande Plays Monk - solo piano live at Vartan Jazz
1996 When Kentucky Was Indiana Synergy Art Lande (piano, drums) The Russian Dragon Band: Khabu Doug Young (guitar), Bruce Williamson (saxophone, flute), Dwight Killan (bass)
1999 World Without Cars Synergy Duo, with Mark Miller (soprano sax, tenor sax, flute, vocals)[9]
2000 The Tale of Peter Rabbit -- The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher -- & The Tale of Two Bad Mice Madacy Records

[Told by Meryl Streep with music by Art Lande and also Lyle Mays

2002 The Book of Bhu: The Music of Khabu Doug Young Synergy Art Lande (drums) The Russian Dragon Band: Khabu Doug Young (guitar), Bruce Williamson (saxophone, flute), Dwight Killan (bass), Shane Endsley (trumpet, drums), Mark Miller (saxophones, flute)
2006 Sioux Country Tapestry/Capri Art Lande with Peter Sommer
2006 Die Blaue Nixe Berlin radio RBB Gebhard Ullmann (reeds), Art Lande (piano), Chris Dahlgren (bass)
2007 When There's Love CD Baby Wendy Fopeano (Author), Art Lande (Performer)
2008 While She Sleeps Blue Coast Art Lande - solo piano
2008 Beautiful Love 2.0 Christina De Souza (vocals) with Art Lande (piano)
2009 Shape Shifter Synergy Music Art Lande (piano), Paul McCandless (oboe), Peter Barshay (bass), Allen Hall (drums)
2009 Down The Corridor (Chronicle of a Life) (self-released through Bandcamp) Boy Girl Band: Art Lande (drums, melodica), Clare Church (woodwinds), Ken Bernstein (guitar, bass), Emily Takahashi (piano)
2009 The Russian Dragon Band - Early Years: 1989, 1992 (self-released through Bandcamp) Art Lande (piano, drums) The Russian Dragon Band: Khabu Doug Young (guitar), Dwight Killan (bass), Mark Miller (saxophones, flute)
2012 Polar Opposites (self-released through Bandcamp) Art Lande (piano), Dave Peterson (guitar)
2012 A Field Guide to Sleep (Lullabyes For Adults) Albert's Bicycle Music, CD Baby Art Lande & Jon Scoville
2013 Kiss In A Shadow Blue Coast Art Lande - Solo Piano
2016 Trilogy GiGi Art Lande (piano), MAREK BA£ATA (vocals, Poland), GÜNTER WEHINGER (flute)
2016 Invitation CD Baby Evita Cabo (vocals), Art Lande (piano),
2016 Mindbender (self-released through Bandcamp) Boy Girl Band: Art Lande (drums, melodica), Clare Church (woodwinds), Ken Bernstein (guitar, bass), Emily Takahashi (piano)
2016 The Music of Italavia (self-released through Bandcamp) Funko Moderno: Art Lande (drums, melodica), Otis Lande (bass), Matt Flaherty (guitar), Stephen Thurston (piano), Mirco Altenbach (sax), Noah Fulton-Beale (trumpet), Tom Gershwin (trumpet), Sam Williams (sax), Otto Lee (sax)
2017 Leaping Forward CD Baby Josh D Reed Quintet with Art Lande
2018 Lubbock Synergy Music Art Lande (piano), Khabu Doug Young (guitar), Bruce Williamson (saxophone)
2021 The Silver Fox (self-released through Bandcamp) Arterik Quartet: Art Lande (piano), Erik Jekabson (trumpet, flugelhorn), Peter Barshay (bass), Alan Hall (drums)
2020 Resist The Eel Panda (self-released through Bandcamp) Art Lande (piano) Flex: Dru Heller (drums) & Gonzalo Teppa (bass). The title appears to be an anagram

Main source:[10]

As sideman

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With Gary Peacock

With Paul McCandless

  • All the Mornings Bring (Elektra/Asylum, 1979)
  • Heresay (Windham Hill, 1988)
  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, and The Tale of Two Bad Mice, with Meryl Streep, narration (Windham Hill/Rabbit Ears, 1987)

With Maurizio Giammarco

Positions

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References

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  1. ^ Biography ArtLande.com
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Art Lande | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. ^ Schissler, Russ. "Art Lande Discography". www.artlande.com. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. ^ Solomon, Jon (February 8, 2022). "Filmmaker and Drummer Ben Makinen Wins Awards for Documentary JazzTown". Westword. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "Red Lanta". ecmrecords.com. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  6. ^ "Rubisa Patrol". ecmrecords.com. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  7. ^ "Desert Marauders". ecmrecords.com. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  8. ^ Wynn, Ron. "Art Lande: Hardball". AllMusic. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  9. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 863. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  10. ^ "Art Lande | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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