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Third stream is a music genre that is a fusion of jazz and classical music. The term was coined in 1957 by composer Gunther Schuller in a lecture at Brandeis University. There are many ways to define third-stream music. It could refer to a group of jazz musicians playing solely, or a jazz soloist performing with a symphony orchestra, as long as ...
Jul 25, 2017 · Pianist Matthew Shipp, violist Mat Maneri, and bassist Michael Bisio discuss the origins of Third Stream music, talk about the styles of expression that it e...
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5 days ago · Jacques Loussier, Play Bach N.1 (Decca, 1959) This entry defies Gunther Schuller’s rule of Third Stream not being classical music played by jazz players but also represents this movement’s more accessible and beautiful blend of classical and jazz. French pianist Jacques Loussier’s jazz interpretations of famous classical works were hugely ...
Third Stream. Third stream is a term coined by composer Gunther Schuller to desribe music that attempts to mix jazz with classical concert hall music. Jazz caught the ear of many composers in the early 20th century and soon Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky and others began to put elements of American ragtime into their music.
Third Stream (a term invented by composer Gunther Schuller in 1957) essentially means a mixture of jazz and classical music. Most attempts at fusing the two very different idioms have been (at best) mixed successes with string sections weighing down jazz soloists. In the 1920s, Paul Whiteman alternated between symphonic string sections and ...
Apple Music Jazz. On paper, the idea of Third Stream is simple: jazz and classical music, mixed together—not in a way meant to supersede jazz or classical but as, in the words of composer Gunther Schuller, “another option amongst many for today’s creative musicians.”. Of course, those musicians took a simple concept and used it as a ...
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The Birth of the Third Stream - Classical Music
