Jazz Abstractions

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.

Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating: "One of the most successful third stream efforts ...This is very interesting music".

Track listing
All compositions by Gunther Schuller except as indicated
 * 1) "Abstraction" - 4:06
 * 2) "Piece for Guitar & Strings" (Jim Hall) - 6:22
 * 3) "Variants on a Theme of John Lewis (Django)" - 10:15
 * 4) "Variant I" - 5:27
 * 5) "Variant II" - 1:38
 * 6) "Variant III" - 3:10
 * 7) "Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross)" - 15:23
 * 8) "Variant I" - 6:22
 * 9) "Variant II" - 1:49
 * 10) "Variant III" - 4:12
 * 11) "Variant IV" - 3:00

Personnel

 * Gunther Schuller - arranger, conductor
 * Jim Hall - guitar
 * Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone (tracks 1 & 4)
 * Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute (tracks 3 & 4)
 * Robert DiDomenica - flute (tracks 3 & 4)
 * Bill Evans - piano (tracks 3 & 4)
 * Eddie Costa - vibraphone (tracks 3 & 4)
 * Charles Libove, Roland Vamos - violin
 * Alfred Brown (track 2), Harry Zaratzian - viola
 * Joseph Tekula - cello
 * Alvin Brehm (track 1), George Duvivier (tracks 3 & 4), Scott LaFaro - bass
 * Sticks Evans - drums (tracks 1, 3 & 4)