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John Lewis Free Jazz Contemporary Jazz Avant-garde Jazz 1992 US
John Lewis - Jazz Abstractions flac album
  • Performer John Lewis
  • Title Jazz Abstractions
  • Date of release 1992
  • Country US
  • Style Free Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Avant-garde Jazz
  • Other formats MP2 TTA ASF WAV AUD VQF MP3
  • Genre Jazz
  • Size MP3 1390 mb
  • Size FLAC 1560 mb
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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. This is very interesting music". All compositions by Gunther Schuller except as indicated. Piece for Guitar & Strings" (Jim Hall) - 6:22.

The full title is John Lewis Presents Contemporary Music: Jazz Abstractions. Atlantic label green on the top and blue on the bottom with black printing. The label name "ATLANTIC" in the white area to the left of the center hole. John Lewis (2). Jazz Abstractions ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM). Atlantic, Rhino Records (2). WPCR-27208.

Album · 1961 · 9 Songs. Variants On a Theme of John Lewis: Variant 2. 1:39. 5. Variants On a Theme of John Lewis: Variant 3. 3:07.

Although John Lewis is listed as the leader (this album's alternate title is "John Lewis Presents Contemporary Music"), the pianist does not actually appear on this record and only contributed one piece ("Django"). On what is very much a Gunther Schuller project, Schuller composed "Abstraction" and was responsible for the adventurous three-part "Variants on a Theme of John Lewis (Django)" and the four-part "Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross)"; Jim Hall contributed "Piece for Guitar & Strings

John Lewis - Criss-Cross - Variant IV 03:22. John Lewis - Django- Variant II 01:39. John Lewis - Criss-Cross - Variant I 06:22. John Lewis - Django- Variant III 03:07. John Lewis - Criss-Cross - Variant III 03:47. John Lewis - Almost Like Being In Love 09:28. John Lewis - Piece For Guitar & Strings 06:23. John Lewis - Django- Variant I 05:28. Twelve Classic Albums: 1957-1962 - John Lewis. Essence, Jazz Abstractions, Animal Dance - John Lewis. West Coast, East Coast Encounter - John Lewis. European Encounters - John Lewis.

Songs: 9. Artist: John Lewis. Songs: John Lewis - Abstraction 04:08. John Lewis - Piece For Guitar And Strings 06:23. John Lewis - Variants On A Theme Of John Lewis : Variant I 05:28. John Lewis - Variants On A Theme Of John Lewis : Variant II 01:39. John Lewis - Variants On A Theme Of John Lewis : Variant III 03:07. John Lewis - Variants On A Theme Of Thelonious Monk : Variant III 03:47.

1960, LP. Originally released on Atlantic. Featured Listing View details. Unspecified Year, Vinyl, LP, Repress.

This album has an average beat per minute of 107 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 84/131 BPM). Tracklist John Lewis Presents Contemporary Music 1: Jazz Abstractions: Compositions by Gunther Schuller & Jim Hall. Recent albums by John Lewis.

Tracklist

1 Abstraction 4:06
2 Piece For Guitar & Strings 6:22
Variants On A Theme Of John Lewis (Django) (10:15)
3 (a) Variant I 5:27
3 (b) Variant II 1:38
3 (c) Variant III 3:10
Variants On A Theme Of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross) (15:23)
4 (a) Variant I 6:22
4 (b) Variant II 1:49
4 (c) Variant III 4:12
4 (d) Variant IV 3:00

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured By – MMG Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone – Ornette Coleman (tracks: 1,4)
  • Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Eric Dolphy (tracks: 4)
  • Bass – Alvin Brehm (tracks: 1), George Duvivier (tracks: 3, 4), Scott LaFaro
  • Cello – Joseph Tekula*
  • Composed By – Gunther Schuller (tracks: 1, 3, 4), Jim Hall (tracks: 2)
  • Design [Cover] – Jagel And Slutzky Graphics*
  • Drums – Stick Evans (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
  • Engineer [Recording] – Phil Ramone
  • Flute – Eric Dolphy (tracks: 3, 4), Robert DiDomenica (tracks: 3, 4)
  • Guitar – Jim Hall
  • Painting [Cover] – John Jagel
  • Piano – Bill Evans (tracks: 3, 4)
  • Vibraphone [Vibes] – Eddie Costa (tracks: 3, 4)
  • Viola – Alfred Brown (tracks: 2), Harry Zaratzian
  • Violin – Charles Libove, Roland Vamos

Notes

The full title is "John Lewis Presents Contemporary Music: Jazz Abstractions".

Includes Japanese and English liner notes.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SD 1365 John Lewis Jazz Abstractions ‎(LP, Album) Atlantic SD 1365 US 1960
587043 John Lewis Jazz Abstractions ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE) Atlantic 587043 UK 1966
SD 1365 John Lewis Jazz Abstractions ‎(LP, Album, RP) Atlantic SD 1365 US Unknown
WPCR-27208 John Lewis Jazz Abstractions ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM) Atlantic, Rhino Records WPCR-27208 Japan 2013
588043 John Lewis Jazz Abstractions ‎(LP, Album) Atlantic 588043 UK 1966


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