Connie Crothers

Connie Crothers (born May 2, 1941 in Palo Alto, California) is a jazz pianist. She majored in music at the University of California, Berkeley before becoming a student of Lennie Tristano.^[1] After his death she became President of the Lennie Tristano Jazz Foundation.^[2] She is also known for works done with Max Roach in the 1980s, such as the album Swish.^[3]

As a leader she headed a quartet with Richard Tabnik and Roger Mancuso.^[4]

Discography

• Perception (SteepleChase, 1974)
• Spontaneous Suite for Two Pianos (RogueArt, 2011) - with David Arner
• Two (Relative Pitch, 2012) - with Jemeel Moondoc

References

1. New Artists Records
2. Lennie Tristano: his life in music by Eunmi Shim, pg 122
3. Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists by Leslie Gourse, pg 221
4. Time Out New York

External links

• Connie Crothers website
• Lennie Tristano Symposium