Jazz Abstractions

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 • "Abstraction" - 4:06 • "Piece for Guitar & Strings" (Jim Hall) - 6:22 • "Variants on a Theme of John Lewis (Django)" - 10:15 • "Variant I" - 5:27 • "Variant II" - 1:38 • "Variant III" - 3:10 • "Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross)" - 15:23 • "Variant I" - 6:22 • "Variant II" - 1:49 • "Variant III" - 4:12 • "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) • John Jagel - cover painting • John Jagel & Robert Slutzky - cover design (credited as Jagel & Slutzky Graphics) == References ==