Released 1961 | Length 36:06 Release date 1961 | |
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Recorded December 19 & 20, 1960NYC Similar John Lewis albums, Jazz albums |
John lewis jazz abstractions 1961 album
Jazz Abstractions (subtitled John Lewis Presents Contemporary Music: Compositions by Gunther Schuller and Jim Hall) is a third stream album of combining elements of jazz and classical music recorded in late 1960 for the Atlantic label.
Contents
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "One of the most successful third stream efforts ...This is very interesting music".
Track listing
All compositions by Gunther Schuller except as indicated
- "Abstraction" - 4:06
- "Piece for Guitar & Strings" (Jim Hall) - 6:22
- "Variants on a Theme of John Lewis (Django)" - 10:15
- "Variant I" - 5:27
- "Variant II" - 1:38
- "Variant III" - 3:10
- "Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross)" - 15:23
- "Variant I" - 6:22
- "Variant II" - 1:49
- "Variant III" - 4:12
- "Variant IV" - 3:00
Personnel
Songs
1Abstraction4:09
2Piece For Guitar And Strings6:24
3Variants On A Theme Of John Lewis (Django) : Variant I5:28
References
Jazz Abstractions Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA