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.[3][4]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [5] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating: “One of the most successful third stream efforts …This is very interesting music”.[5]
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
- ^ “Jazz Abstractions” (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box, New York. November 18, 1961. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- ^ “Albums of the Week”. Billboard Music Week. The Billboard Publishing Co. November 6, 1961. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 series accessed September 11, 2015
- ^ Gunther Schuller discography Archived 2015-09-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 11, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. John Lewis Presents Jazz Abstractions – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 11, 2015.