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Art Lande

Art Lande is a pianist, drummer, composer, improviser, bandleader, and educator whose catalog ranges from ECM groups to solo and collaborative projects.

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Career Overview

About Art Lande

Lande’s official biography documents work as pianist, drummer, composer, improviser, and teacher across solo, duo, and ensemble formats. It places his leader and cooperative projects within a long practice of spontaneous composition and repertory-based performance.[1]

The official discography separates Rubisa Patrol, ECM collaborations, duo records, solo releases, and later independent work. This chronology preserves Lande’s shifts between piano and drums and between composition and open improvisation.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, pianist, and composer

Rubisa Patrol

Lande’s ECM ensemble with brass, bass, and drums provided a defining setting for his lyrical group writing.[1][2]

Pianist, drummer, and improviser

Solo and duo improvisation

The official catalog includes unaccompanied and duo projects that foreground spontaneous form.[2]

Piano, improvisation, and ensemble educator

Jazz education

Lande’s biography documents workshops, teaching, and ensemble direction alongside his performing career.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

1974 · ECM Records

Red Lanta

Co-leader, pianist, and composer

The duo recording with saxophonist Jan Garbarek is an early ECM entry in Lande’s official chronology.[2]

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1976 · ECM Records

Rubisa Patrol

Leader, pianist, and composer

The self-titled album establishes Lande’s quartet as a distinct leader project.[1][2]

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1982 · ECM Records

Skylight

Co-leader, pianist, and composer

The collaborative trio recording extends Lande’s ECM work beyond Rubisa Patrol.[2]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

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Art Lande on Bandcamp

Stream artist-authorized solo, duo, and later ensemble recordings from Lande’s catalog.

Official discography

Browse the complete chronology of Rubisa Patrol, ECM, solo, and collaborative releases.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Sat, Sep 19, 7:00 PM

Art Lande, Günter Wehinger, Tim Wendel

The Muse Performance Space · Lafayette

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Mon, Sep 28, 7:00 PM

Art Lande, Günter Wehinger, Tim Wendel

Piedmont Piano Company · Oakland

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Wed, Oct 14, 7:00 PM

Art Lande's Future History Band

Dazzle Denver · Denver

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Evidence-Based Connections

Related Musician Guides

Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and project history

    Art Lande

  2. [2] Official leader and collaborative discography

    Art Lande