John Lewis Presents Contemporary Music (1): Jazz Abstractions: Compositions by Gunther Schuller & Jim Hall (Atlantic, enr. 1960; publ. 1961).

Atlantic 1365 (1961)

Face A: 

Ornette Coleman (saxophone alto), Jim Hall (guitare), Scott LaFaro, Alvin Brehm (contrebasse), Sticks Evans (batterie); The Contemporary String Quartet: Charles Libove, Roland Vamos (violon), Harry Zaratzian (alto), Joseph Tekula (violoncelle). 

1. Abstraction (Gunther Schuller) 4:06

Jim Hall (guitare), Charles Libove, Roland Vamos (violon), Harry Zaratzian, Alfred Brown (alto), Joseph Tekula (violoncelle), Scott LaFaro (contrebasse). 

2. Piece for Guitar & Strings (Jim Hall) 6:22

Eric Dolphy, Robert DiDomenica (flûte), Jim Hall (guitare), Eddie Costa (vibraphone), Bill Evans (piano), Scott LaFaro, George Duvivier (contrebasse), Sticks Evans (batterie); The Contemporary String Quartet: Charles Libove, Roland Vamos (violon), Harry Zaratzian (alto), Joseph Tekula (violoncelle). 

3. Variants on a Theme of John Lewis (Django) (Gunther Schuller) 10:15

a) Variant I - 5:27

b) Variant II - 1:38

c) Variant III - 3:10

Face B: 

Robert DiDomenica (flûte), Ornette Coleman (saxophone alto), Eric Dolphy (saxophone alto, clarinette basse), Jim Hall (guitare), Eddie Costa (vibraphone), Bill Evans (piano), Scott LaFaro, George Duvivier (contrebasse), Sticks Evans (batterie); The Contemporary String Quartet: Charles Libove, Roland Vamos (violon), Harry Zaratzian (alto), Joseph Takula (violoncelle). 

1. Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross) (Gunther Schuller) 15:23

a) Variant I - 6:22

b) Variant II - 1:49

c) Variant III - 4:12

d) Variant IV - 3:00

Ingénieur du son: Phil Ramone. 
Peinture de la pochette: John Jagel. 
Design de la pochette: Jagel & Slutzky Graphics. 
Supervision: John Lewis & Nesuhi Ertegun. 
Notes de pochette: Gunther Schuller. 

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