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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.

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)

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Released: ca. November 1961[1][2]
Recorded: December 19–20, 1960
NYC
Length: 36:06
Label: Atlantic
SD 1365
Producer: John Lewis, Nesuhi Ertegun