#Gunther Schuller

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Steve Kuhn: A Journey Through Jazz Mastery

Introduction: Steve Kuhn is a jazz pianist whose career spans over six decades, marked by a relentless pursuit of musical excellence and innovation. Born eighty-six years ago today on March 24, 1938, in New York City, New York, Kuhn began playing the piano at an early age and quickly showed a natural talent for the instrument. His musical journey has been characterized by a deep exploration of…

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Volume 253

Listen to Different Head, Vol. 253: "Heartbeat" (May 17, 2023) byDifferent Head on hearthis.at

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0:00:00 — "Some Place You Can Leave" by Bodywash (2016)

0:03:30 — "Hypnotist" by Lightheaded (2019)

0:05:59 — DJ

0:09:16 — "Microbe" by Snooper (2020)

0:10:37 — "Burst the Shell" by Chronophage (2022)

0:12:54 — "New York" by Soft Yes (2022)

0:15:55 — "18 Cigarettes" by Ducks Ltd. (2021)

0:19:05 — DJ

0:22:44 — "Heartbeat" by Nuovo Testamento (2023)

0:26:43 — "Tru Nature" by Discovery Zone (2020)

0:30:44 — "Asleep" by Sofie Royer (2020)

0:33:34 — DJ

0:38:39 — "Face Down" by Gunther Schuller & Joe Lovano (1997)

0:44:46 — "Wreckage" by Qasim Naqvi (2017)

0:49:29 — "Sketches of Lines in Spiral" by Lori Scacco (2004)

0:51:11 — DJ

0:55:16 — "Time Alone" by Fetch Tiger (2022)

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Remembering John Aaron Lewis (May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001)

John Lewis ‎– The Wonderful World Of Jazz

The Wonderful World of Jazz is an album by pianist and composer John Lewis recorded for the Atlantic label in 1960. This is one of pianist John Lewis’ most rewarding albums outside of his work with the Modern Jazz Quartet.

John Lewis – piano, arranger Jim Hall – guitar George Duvivier – bass Connie Kay – drums Herb Pomeroy – trumpet Gunther Schuller – French horn Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone Benny Golson , Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone James Rivers – baritone saxophone

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Last date- Miss Ann.

Listen and at the end of his wild beautiful piece we are treated to contact with the voice, mind and heart of Eric Dolphy (quoted below)."Miss Ann" from the album, "Last Date"

"The more musicians you play with, certain things will help you, I feel. That develops you, because music, regardless of what it is, what label we put on, it's basically music, and basically it's creative, because when you think about it, when you hear music, after it's over, after it's over, it's gone, in the air, you can never capture it again, so it's pure creation. 

When you listen to Beethoven, Brahms, or you listen to Mingus or Coltrane or Stravinsky, Ravel or Duke Ellington or Sonny Rollins, Roland Kirk, any. Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, this all has to be and I had some wonderful experience, I'll tell you, I played, and Gunther Schuller arranged it, a piece for Orchestra U.S.A. and Leonard Bernstein liked us. He wanted to do it, with the Philharmonic. So we did it with the Philharmonic and I had the chance to play as a soloist in this piece and that was a wonderful experience. Those great musicians, it's great to play with them. 

Every musician that has his contribution is a great musician whether he has a name or not. Because some man that have a stronger personality that come over stronger than we hear more often, but it takes the musician that you never hear about to make them great, to make the music come to us."

-Eric Dolphy

[Thanks David Lauterstein]

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Word of the Day

Third Stream                  

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 classic jazz solos. Strings were used in some swing bands in the 1940s (most inventively by Artie Shaw and Stan Kenton's dissonant works of 1950-51) but in all cases the added musicians were merely reading their parts and backing the improvisers. Starting with Charlie Parker in 1949, jazz players recorded now and then (while joined by strings), but it was not until the mid-to-late '50s that more serious experiments began to take place. Schuller, John Lewis, J.J. Johnson, and Bill Russo were some of the more significant composers attempting to bridge the gap between jazz and classical music. Most musical forecasters in the mid-'50s would have predicted that jazz's next phase would involve a fusion of sorts with classical music, but the rise of the avant garde (which has a spontaneity and an extrovertism that most pseudo-classical works lack) largely ended the third stream movement before it came close to catching on beyond academic circles. Since its heyday in the late '50s, there have been occasional third stream projects ranging from significant successes (such as Eddie Daniels' Breakthrough CD for GRP) to some that sound closer to pompous Muzak. Although the movement never really became a major force, it still has potential.

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Gunther Schuller - The State Of Music In 1975 - Past Daily: "Talking About . . . "

Gunther Schuller – coined the phrase “Third Stream Music” and the world was never the same. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Panthechnicon-Gunther-Schuller-April-4-1975-Eastern-Public-Radio.mp3 – Gunther Schuller In conversation – Pantechnicon – Eastern Educational Radio – April 4, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – We (Americans, mostly) do love to pigeon-hole. If it isn’t…

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Arrivals & Departures Unknown - 03 August 2022 Dr. Gerald R. Mack

From the page of Stephen D. Bruce:

Gerry Mack RIP

Abby and I visited Nancy and Gerry yesterday afternoon. I was able to tell him how much knowing him and working with him and singing with him had meant to me and so many of us. I reflected on the literally millions of people that had been touched by his performances and those of his many students and their many students. And I told him we’ll always laugh and sing beneath God’s clear, blue sky.

He passed away peacefully this morning.

RIP

Dr. Gerald R. Mack, 2014 recipient of the Alfred Nash Patterson Lifetime Achievement Award, is a nationally-known conductor, educator, and mentor. He was conductor of the Worcester Chorus in Massachusetts for 28 years (1977–2005), founder and leader for 15 years (1995–2000) of the Great Waters Music Festival in Wolfeboro, NH, and Director of Choral Activities and a faculty member for 27 years at the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, Connecticut.

After retiring to Nantucket in 1999, he became the Executive Director of the Nantucket Community Music Center; he later established the Nantucket Art Council's highly successful winter concert series. The Worcester Chorus established a scholarship in his name in 2010.Dr. Mack has worked with Gunther Schuller, Yehudi Menuin, Michael Lancaster, Seiji Ozawa, and Aaron Copland, among others. His choruses have performed at Carnegie Hall, Tully Hall, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Jordan Hall, and Washington’s National Cathedral, as well as at many of the great concert halls of Europe. 

He has conducted at the New York Mostly Mozart Festival, the Salzburg Music Festival, the International Dubrovnik Music Festival, and the Oaxaca Spring Festival (with the Mexican National Symphony).A dedicated educator with a deep commitment to colleagues and students, Dr. Mack has a national reputation as an adjudicator, lecturer, clinician and guest conductor. His high school choirs appeared at numerous MENC conventions (of the National Association for Music Education). 

In 1961, his school chorus was invited to represent the U.S. at the International Music Educators’ Convention in Vienna. His Hartt choral groups were frequently selected to appear at American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conventions throughout the U.S., and he conducted many All State and Divisional Festival Choruses. While at Hartt, he organized and hosted the first ACDA Eastern Division Convention.

One product of his involvement with the Connecticut Commission on the Arts was the Greater Hartford Youth Chorale, which Dr. Mack and his wife organized for the first annual Hartford Arts Festival. That initiative became an ongoing program which continued for 10 years, providing special musical opportunities for suburban and inner-city young people from 22 high schools in the Hartford area.

Dr. Mack has degrees in Music Education and choral conducting from the University of New York at Fredonia (bachelors) and from Columbia University (masters and doctorate).

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A Favorite of mine - Cab Calloway

A Favorite of mine – Cab Calloway

Since I’ve done the Nicholas Brothers and Busby Berkeley, it’s time for Cab Calloway, another old movie favorite of mine.

I think the first time I ever came across anything related to Calloway was in the late 1960s when I was watching That Girl on TV – Ann’s father (Lew Parker) sang Minnie the Moocher for a talent show.  The song stuck in my head.  I wish I could find a video of that performance.

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july 4th coffee with the emerson string quartet

music by john harbison richard wernick and gunther schuller.. will try to find some video to share with u guys. happy thursday then later i go back to the DREADFUL COMPUTER RECORDING process...

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Unraveling the Nuances of Ran Blake's "All That Is Tied"

Introduction: Ran Blake, a distinguished figure in the world of third-stream jazz, has left an indelible mark on the genre with his cerebral and evocative piano compositions. His album “All That Is Tied,” released in 2006 on the Tompkins Square label, stands as a testament to his unparalleled artistry and musical depth. In this blog post, we delve into the intricacies of this remarkable album,…

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playlist 12.03.18

John Elmquist's HardArt Groop Expeditionary Twitch (Bandcamp) Anna Von Hausswolff Dead Magic (City Slang) Ni Les Insurge Des Romilly (Dur et Doux) Gunther Schuller The Music of Gunther Schuller (Bridge Music) LoTic Power (Tri Angle) Rabit Life After Death (Halcyon Veil) Muse Simulation Theory (WB) Mimika Orchestra Divinities of the Earth and the Waters (PDV Records) Marie Davidson Workin Class Woman (Ninja Tune) Silvery Thunderer & Excelsior (Blow Up Records) Senyawa Sujud (Sublime Frequencies) Berio (performed by Iktus Ensmeble + Mike Patton Laoborintus II (Ipecac) Troot Constance and the Waiting (Troot) John Carpenter Halloween (2018) OST (Sacred Bones) Harrison Birtwistle The Triumph of Gawains Journey (Collins) Clint Mansell Mute OST Nick Prol & The Proletarians Loon Attic (Daba Da) Low Double Negative (Sub Pop) Hauschka The Boy OST (Milan) Fia Fiell  All In The Same Room (Nice Music) Far Corner Risk (Cuneiform)

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Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee (1959) ' For Antal Doráti ' Antike Harmonien (Antik Armoniler) 00:00 Abstraktes Trio (Soyut Üçlü) 02:32 Kleiner blauer Teufel (Küçük Mavi Şeytan) 04:44 Die Zwitschermaschine (Öten Makina) 07:42  さえずり機械 (after Paul Klee's work) by Koji Okamoto Arabische Stadt (Arap Kasabası) 10:20 Ein unheimlicher Moment (Ürkütücü Bir An) 18:08 Pastorale (Halk Şarkısı) 20:28 Gunther Schuller: Orchestral Works Radio Philharmonic of Hannover Conducted by the Composer 1998

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No Art or Act of Creativity stands in isolation, self-contained or uninfluenced by its times, its social and cultural environment, and its own history.

Gunther Schuller

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For greatness is not altogether accidental, altogether intuitive or mysterious. Much of it results from simple hard work, selflessly applied energy, and a fierce determination to learn and apply what has been learned.

Gunther Schuller, “Ellington in the Pantheon”