# Art Lande

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. 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.
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

## Discography
### As leader/co-leader

| Year recorded | Title | Label | Notes |
| 1973 | Red Lanta | ECM | Duo, with Jan Garbarek (soprano sax, bass sax, flutes) 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
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### As sideman

With Gary Peacock
* Shift in the Wind (ECM, 1980)
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
* Love Ballads (Red Records, 1986)

## Positions

* Private Instructor, SF & Berkeley CA (1970–1977)
* Lone Mountain College, San Francisco (1978–1979)
* Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle (1979–1983)
* San Jose State College, San Jose, California (1983–1984)
* Jazz School of Migros Klubschule, St. Gallen, Switzerland (1984–1987)
* Jazz School Lausanne, Switzerland (1986–1987)
* Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado (1987–1999)
* University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado (2006–Present)