The Birth of the Third Stream

Synopsis of The Birth of the Third Stream

«The Birth of the Third Stream» is a various-artists compilation released in 1996 by Columbia on CD.

It documents the fusion of jazz and classical music: the Jazz and Classical Music Society performs works for brass by Gunther Schuller, John Lewis, Jimmy Giuffre and J.J. Johnson, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos and Schuller; pieces by George Russell, Charles Mingus, Giuffre and Schuller from the Modern Jazz Concert are added.

European edition on a single CD (reference 485103 2); original recordings and reissue produced by George Avakian.

For jazz and classical music enthusiasts interested in the confluence of genres and in historical third stream recordings.