Jazz Abstractions

Jazz Abstractions
Studio album by
Releasedca. November 1961[1][2]
RecordedDecember 19 & 20, 1960
NYC
GenreJazz
Length36:06
LabelAtlantic
SD 1365
ProducerJohn Lewis, Nesuhi Ertegun
John Lewis chronology
The Wonderful World of Jazz
(1960)
Jazz Abstractions
(1961)
Original Sin
(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.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Jazz Abstractions" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box, New York. 18 November 1961. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Albums of the Week". Billboard Music Week. The Billboard Publishing Co. 6 November 1961. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 series accessed September 11, 2015
  4. ^ Gunther Schuller discography Archived 2015-09-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 11, 2015