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Gunther Schuller

Born: Nov 11, 1925 in Jackson Heights, NY

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Genre: Jazz

Styles: Third Stream, Ragtime, Classical, Modern Composition

Biography: Gunther Schuller is probably the greatest friend jazz has ever had from the classical world. A jazz devotee from the beginning, he has been the most outspoken advocate of a fusion between elements of European classical music and jazz, inventing the term "Third Stream" at a 1957 Brandeis University lecture ...Read full biography

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Art of Scott Joplin

Released: 1973

Label: GM

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Shortly before The Sting turned ragtime into a bit of a fad in the mid-'70s, Gunther Schuller conducted the New England Ragtime Ensemble (formerly a classical ensemble) through a dozen Scott Joplin pieces ...Read full review

The Art of the Rag

Released: 1989

Label: GM

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Fifteen years after the New England Ragtime Ensemble's initial recording, Gunther Schuller brought the group back into the studios to perform a well-rounded set of ragtime-oriented music. The ensemble ...Read full review

More Gunther Schuller albums: Main Albums (8), Compilations (1)

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