| Jazz Abstractions | ||||
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| Released | ca. November 1961 [1] [2] | |||
| Recorded | December 19–20, 1960 NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:06 | |||
| Label | Atlantic SD 1365 | |||
| Producer | John Lewis, Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
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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. [3] [4]
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| 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]
All compositions by Gunther Schuller except as indicated
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