Jazz Abstractions
{{Infobox album
| name = Jazz Abstractions
| type = Studio
| artist = John Lewis, Gunther Schuller and Jim Hall
| cover = Jazz Abstractions.jpg
| alt =
| released = ca. November 1961{{cite news |title=Jazz Abstractions |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1961/CB-1961-11-18-OCR-Page-0023.pdf |accessdate=18 June 2019 |work=The Cash Box |publisher=The Cash Box, New York |date=18 November 1961}}{{cite news |title=Albums of the Week |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xyAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=atlantic+1365&pg=PA28 |accessdate=18 June 2019 |work=Billboard Music Week |publisher=The Billboard Publishing Co. |date=6 November 1961}}
| recorded = December 19–20, 1960
NYC
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 36:06
| label = Atlantic
SD 1365
| producer = John Lewis, Nesuhi Ertegun
| chronology = John Lewis
| prev_title = The Wonderful World of Jazz
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Original Sin
| next_year = 1961
}}
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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1300-series/#1365 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 series] accessed September 11, 2015[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Schuller/gas-disc.htm Gunther Schuller discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927184832/http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Schuller/gas-disc.htm |date=2015-09-27 }} accessed September 11, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating: "One of the most successful third stream efforts ...This is very interesting music".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0001881226 |title=John Lewis Presents Jazz Abstractions – Review |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}
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)
References
{{reflist}}
{{Jim Hall}}
{{John Lewis}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:John Lewis (pianist) albums
Category:Jim Hall (musician) albums
Category:Albums conducted by Gunther Schuller
Category:Albums produced by Nesuhi Ertegun