| Three Pieces for Blues Band and Symphony Orchestra | ||||
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| Released | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Blues rock, third stream, classical crossover, avant-garde | |||
| Label | Deutsche Grammophon | |||
| Producer | Thomas Mowrey | |||
| Siegel–Schwall Band chronology | ||||
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 1977 Polydor Records release | ||||
Three Pieces for Blues Band and Symphony Orchestra is an avant-garde musical composition written by William Russo in 1968. It combines classical music played by an orchestra with blues played by a four-piece band.
Three Pieces for Blues Band and Symphony Orchestra was recorded in 1972 by the San Francisco Symphony and the Siegel–Schwall Band, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. When the album was released the following year by Deutsche Grammophon, it became one of the company's best selling records,[1] reaching number 21 on the Billboard Jazz Chart and number 105 on the Billboard 200.[2]
Conductor Jean-François Verdier recorded Three Pieces in 2021 and 2022 with Orchestre Victor Hugo de Franche Comté and French blues band Awek, releasing the recording in 2023.