Jazz Abstractions

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

Professional ratings
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
1. "Variant I" - 5:27
2. "Variant II" - 1:38
3. "Variant III" - 3:10
"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)

References

^ "Jazz Abstractions" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box, New York. 18 November 1961. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^ "Albums of the Week". Billboard Music Week. The Billboard Publishing Co. 6 November 1961. Retrieved 18 June 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.