Art Lande is an American musician who was born in

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, United States, on 5 February 1947. Born in New York, Lande began piano at age 4. He attended

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and moved to San Francisco in 1969. In 1973 he recorded '' Red Lanta,'' an album of duets with Norwegian musician

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. With

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on trumpet, he started the Rubisa Patrol group in 1976. 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

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in Seattle. He moved to Switzerland, where he taught at a jazz school in St. Gallen. In 1987 he moved to

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to teach at

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. 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

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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

Discography

As leader/co-leader

Main source:

As sideman

With

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* '' Shift in the Wind'' (ECM, 1980) With

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* '' 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

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, narration (Windham Hill/Rabbit Ears, 1987) With Maurizio Giammarco * ''

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'' (Red Records, 1986)

Positions

*Private Instructor, SF & Berkeley CA (1970–1977) * Lone Mountain College, San Francisco (1978–1979) *

, Seattle (1979–1983) *

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, San Jose, California (1983–1984) *Jazz School of Migros Klubschule, St. Gallen, Switzerland (1984–1987) * Jazz School Lausanne, Switzerland (1986–1987) *

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, Boulder, Colorado (1987–1999) *

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, Colorado (2006–Present)

References

External links

Official site

short film portrait on Art Lande (2020), shot in Boulder, CO, in 2019
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