{"product_id":"john-lewis-gunther-schuller-jazz-poster-modern-jazz-society-town-hall-1955","title":"John Lewis - Gunther Schuller jazz poster - Modern Jazz Society - Town Hall - 1955","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSecondTakeJazzArt presents...\u003cbr\u003ea high-quality \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eunframed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e poster featuring original artwork commemorating some celebrated live performances from jazz history:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Modern Jazz Society presents a\u003cbr\u003eConcert of Contemporary Music\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe November 19, 1955, concert at Town Hall in New York City\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewith so-called \"Third Stream\" compositions by:\u003cbr\u003eJohn Lewis (\"Prelude: Sketch 1, Ballad, Blues,\" \"Concorde,\" \"Fontessa,\" \"Porte de Versailles,\" \"Django,\" \"Sundance,\" \"Midsummer,\" \"Little David's Fugue,\" \"Queen's Fancy\")\u003cbr\u003eGunther Schuller (\"Twelve by Eleven\")\u003cbr\u003eJ.J. Johnson (\"Turnpike\")\u003cbr\u003eLuigi Nono (\"Polifonica, Monodia, Ritmica\")\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efeatured jazz performers:\u003cbr\u003eThe Modern Jazz Quartet\u003cbr\u003ewith John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibes), Percy Heath (bass), and Connie Kay (drums)\u003cbr\u003eLucky Thompson (tenor sax)\u003cbr\u003eTony Scott (clarinet)\u003cbr\u003eJ.J. Johnson (trombone)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003etogether with classical performers:\u003cbr\u003eJames Politis (flute), Loren Glickman (bassoon), Gunther Schuller (French horn, conductor), Janet Putman (harp)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking its inspiration from George Gershwin's \"Rhapsody in Blue\" and progressive jazz composers and arrangers (like Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Gil Evans, John Lewis, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Graettinger, Pete Rugolo, George Handy, Ralph Burns, Alec Wilder, Eddie Sauter, etc.), the musical genre that Gunther Schuller called \"Third Stream\" truly had its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s. And one of the most historic early concerts dedicated to this music was the 1955 \"Concert of Contemporary Music\" by the Modern Jazz Society at Town Hall!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExponents of this movement sought to create a brand-new style of composition and performance that forged its own path \"halfway between\" the worlds of traditional jazz and classical music. Their complex pieces typically combined some or all of the following: a) unusual mixed \"jazz + classical\" instrumentation; b) \"modern\" compositional techniques like atonality, serialism, etc.; c) passages of improvisation; d) references to swing and\/or other dance rhythms; and e) extensive use of percussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe resulting chamber and orchestral pieces weren't always the most crowd-pleasing, and the more heavy-handed exponents of this genre never really caught on with either mainstream jazz musicians or the classical music establishment. Critics sometimes characterized the music as pretentious or soulless (\"too much head, not enough heart\"), but it was tremendously influential, permeating countless arrangements and scores during the Atomic Age\/Exotica\/Space Age Pop era and beyond (see Leonard Bernstein, Lalo Schifrin, Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Ennio Morricone, Krzysztof Komeda, Henry Mancini, Quincy Jones, Oliver Nelson, Raymond Scott, Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Esquivel, Enoch Light, and many others). And in the jazz world, Gil Evans' albums with Miles Davis (\"Miles Ahead,\" \"Sketches of Spain,\" \"Porgy and Bess,\"); Eddie Sauter's \"Focus\" album with Stan Getz; and Bill Russo's writing for Stan Kenton are just a few \"Third Stream\"-adjacent examples whose popularity has endured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_stream\" title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_stream\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_stream\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Modern_Jazz_Society_Presents_a_Concert_of_Contemporary_Music\" title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Modern_Jazz_Society_Presents_a_Concert_of_Contemporary_Music\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Modern_Jazz_Society_Presents_a_Concert_of_Contemporary_Music\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SecondTakeJazzArt","offers":[{"title":"11\" x 17\"","offer_id":56436200833190,"sku":"120523105501_11x17","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12\" x 16\"","offer_id":56436200865958,"sku":"120523105501_12x16","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12\" x 18\"","offer_id":56436200898726,"sku":"120523105501_12x18","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16\" x 24\"","offer_id":56436200931494,"sku":"120523105501_16x24","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18\" x 24\"","offer_id":56436200964262,"sku":"120523105501_18x24","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18\" x 27\"","offer_id":56436200997030,"sku":"120523105501_18x27","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20\" x 30\"","offer_id":56436201029798,"sku":"120523105501_20x30","price":57.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24\" x 36\"","offer_id":56436201062566,"sku":"120523105501_24x36","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/4410\/6918\/files\/Lewis_John-Schuller_Gunther-MJS-TownHall-1955-11-19_18x24_v01-mockupA-1x1.jpg?v=1777754153","url":"https:\/\/secondtakejazzart.com\/products\/john-lewis-gunther-schuller-jazz-poster-modern-jazz-society-town-hall-1955","provider":"SecondTakeJazzArt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}