Jazz Abstractions

by Gunther Schuller & Jim Hall

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Recorded for Atlantic Records, 'Jazz Abstractions' operates as a primary document of the Third Stream movement. The session incorporates contemporary classical serialism into jazz structures, featuring significant contributions from Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, and Bill Evans navigating Schuller's complex compositional frameworks.

Genres

  • Third Stream
  • Avant-Garde Jazz

Tracklist

  1. Abstraction
  2. Piece For Guitar & Strings