Jazz Abstractions
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Jazz Abstractions (subtitled John Lewis Presents Contemporary Music: Compositions by Gunther Schuller and Jim Hall) is a third stream album combining elements of jazz and classical music recorded in late 1960 for the Atlantic label.[1][2]
Reception
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| Allmusic | StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating: "One of the most successful third stream efforts ...This is very interesting music".[3]
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
- 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)
- John Jagel - cover painting
- John Jagel & Robert Slutzky - cover design (credited as Jagel & Slutzky Graphics)
References
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- ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 series accessed September 11, 2015
- ^ Gunther Schuller discography Script error: No such module "webarchive". accessed September 11, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. John Lewis Presents Jazz Abstractions – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
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