Marilyn Crispell
Marilyn Crispell is an American pianist and composer, born in Philadelphia in 1947 and raised in Baltimore, who has lived in Woodstock, New York, since the late 1970s. Trained in classical piano and composition, she turned to jazz after hearing John Coltrane and became a leading voice in free improvisation, known for her twelve years in Anthony Braxton's quartet and a long series of records for Leo and ECM. Marilyn Crispell studied at the Peabody Conservatory and the New England Conservatory, then came to the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock.
