| The Golden Striker | ||||
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| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | February 12, 15 & 16, 1960 NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Atlantic SD 1334 | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
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The Golden Striker (subtitled Music for Brass & Piano by John Lewis Conducted & Played by the Composer) is an album in the third stream music genre composed by John Lewis recorded for the Atlantic label in 1960. [1]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "One of the less interesting John Lewis 'third-stream' projects" and "Although the pianist takes a few solos, the music is mostly written out and frankly rather dull". [2]
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