Golden Striker / Jazz Abstractions

John Lewis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 7, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00000J7WE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,432 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fanfare No. 1

2. Piazza Navona

3. Odds Against Tomorrow

4. Fanfare No. 2

5. Pulcinella

6. The Golden Striker

7. Piazza Di Spagna

8. Fanfare No. 1

9. La Cantatrice

10. Abstraction

11. Piece for Guitar and Strings

12. Variants on a Theme of John Lewis : Variant 1 [Django Parle de Sa Messe

13. Variants on a Theme of John Lewis : Variant 2 [Django Parle de Sa Messe

14. Variants on a Theme of John Lewis : Variant 3 [Django Parle de Sa Messe

15. Variants on a Theme of Thelonius Monk : Variant I [Criss-Cross : Varia

16. Variants on a Theme of Thelonius Monk : Variant II [Criss-Cross : Vari

17. Variants on a Theme of Thelonius Monk : Variant III [Criss-Cross : Var

18. Variants on a Theme of Thelonius Monk : Variant IV [Criss-Cross : Vari

Editorial Reviews

No Description Available.
Genre: Jazz Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating: NR
Release Date: 14-SEP-1999

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Third Stream Music at its best, August 26, 2003

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R. Parker "Humanimal" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golden Striker / Jazz Abstractions (Audio CD)

John Lewis' "Golden Striker" and Gunther Schuller's (the pianist endorsed the album, but has nothing to do with it) "Jazz Abstractions" are very fine recordings, featuring excellent scores, solos and some fantastic group interplay. The two programs are considerably different from one another, Lewis' being a bit more influenced by 18th and 19th century classical music, whereas Schuller's work seems more in line with 20th century classical music. They are both extremely successful in creating Third Stream pieces that are more than just "interesting". Gunther Schuller's "abstractions" features many great players such as Jim Hall, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, Bill Evans and Scott LaFaro. This CD has some of the best Third Stream music I've ever heard.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I know cuts 11-19 extremely well, May 11, 2004

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Beth T "another reviewer" (Easton, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Golden Striker / Jazz Abstractions (Audio CD)

...I am buying this CD for cuts 11-19 which are from an original vinyl that I purchased in 1974 [Jazz Abstraction]which I loved immediately and still know by heart 30 years later. I am a fan of the Turtle Island String Quartet which composes jazz classics for string quartet, and supplements these pieces with DOWN improvisations. They are the closest thing I've heard live to this album, which is also music composed by Gunther Schuller in an extremely creative way. "Abstraction" is a wild string piece in the format: A-[solo]-retrograde A, throughout which Ornette Coleman does a tight, brilliant jam, with a solo in the middle. "Retrograde" means the same thing, only backwards. In some ways, it is screamingly funny. "Piece for Guitar and Strings" is wonderful, and so are the other variations with Eric Dolphy and the MJQ. Again I am not familiar with the first 10 cuts and from what I hear of the samples, I just might skip them. If you buy this CD for the same reason I'm buying it, I guarantee you won't be disappointed.