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Released
  
1961

Jazz Abstractions(1961)
  
Label
  
Rhino Atlantic

Length
  
36:06

Release date
  
1961

Genre
  
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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

  1. "Abstraction" - 4:06
  2. "Piece for Guitar & Strings" (Jim Hall) - 6:22
  3. "Variants on a Theme of John Lewis (Django)" - 10:15
    1. "Variant I" - 5:27
    2. "Variant II" - 1:38
    3. "Variant III" - 3:10
  4. "Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross)" - 15:23
    1. "Variant I" - 6:22
    2. "Variant II" - 1:49
    3. "Variant III" - 4:12
    4. "Variant IV" - 3:00

Personnel

  • Gunther Schuller - arranger, conductor
  • Jim Hall - guitar
  • Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone (tracks 1 & 4)
  • Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute (tracks 3 & 4)
  • Robert DiDomenica - flute (tracks 3 & 4)
  • Bill Evans - piano (tracks 3 & 4)
  • Eddie Costa - vibraphone (tracks 3 & 4)
  • Charles Libove, Roland Vamos - violin
  • Alfred Brown (track 2), Harry Zaratzian - viola
  • Joseph Tekula - cello
  • Alvin Brehm (track 1), George Duvivier (tracks 3 & 4), Scott LaFaro - bass
  • Sticks Evans - drums (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
  • Songs

    1Abstraction4:09
    2Piece For Guitar And Strings6:24
    3Variants On A Theme Of John Lewis (Django) : Variant I5:28

    References

    Jazz Abstractions Wikipedia


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