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.Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 series accessed September 11, 2015Gunther Schuller discography accessed September 11, 2015
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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 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)
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