Gunther Schuller

Gunther Schuller (born November 22 1925) studied at the St. Thomas Choir School and became an accomplished horn player; at the age of seventeen he was principal hornist with the Cincinnati Symphony, and two years later took up a similar position with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. In 1959 he gave up performance to devote himself to composition. He has conducted internationally and studied and recorded jazz with such greats as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and John Lewis. He has been credited with coining the term Third Stream, a style of jazz that combines classical and jazz techniques. Schuller has written over 160 original compositions.

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November 22 - 1925 - St. Thomas Choir School - Horn - Cincinnati - Metropolitan Opera - 1959 - Jazz - Dizzy Gillespie - Miles Davis - John Lewis - Third Stream

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Schuller is editor-in-chief of Jazz Masterworks Editions, and co-director of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Another recent effort of preservation was his editing and posthumous premiering at Lincoln Center in 1989 of Charles Mingus' immense final work, Epitaph, subsequently released on Columbia/Sony Records.

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Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra - Washington, D.C. - Lincoln Center - Charles Mingus - Epitaph

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