Gunther Schuller

Gunther Schuller

male, 84 years old
ThirdStreammusician, horn, Third Stream, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, American, Postmodern composer
Gunther Schuller (born November 22 1925) is an American composer and horn player. He is regarded as one of the key figures in contemporary...

John Lewis

male, deceased (2001)
ThirdStreammusician, jazz, World War II, jazz musician, composer, pianist…musician
John Aaron Lewis was an American jazz pianist and composer best known as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.
David Baker

David Baker

male, 77 years old
David Nathaniel Baker Jr, ThirdStreammusician, Indianapolis, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Jacobs School of Music, Third Stream Jazz
David Nathaniel Baker Jr. (born December 21, 1931 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a leading symphonic jazz composer at the Indiana University Jacobs...
George Russell

George Russell

male, 86 years old
pianist, ThirdStreammusician, Conductor, The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization, Boston culture, wilberforce university…jazz musician
George Allen Russell (born June 23, 1923) is an American jazz pianist, composer and theorist. He is considered one of the first jazz musicians to...
Teo Macero

Teo Macero

male, 84 years old
''Rolling Stone's'', ThirdStreammusician, kind of blue, Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Jazz composer, rolling stone…jazz musician
Teo Macero (born Attilio Joseph Macero on October 30 1925) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer. He was a producer at...
James Newton

James Newton

male, 56 years old
American jazz flautist, Avant-garde jazz musician, from Los Angeles, ThirdStreammusician, James W. Newton, American…jazz musician, musician
James W. Newton (b. Los Angeles, California, May 1, 1953) is a prominent American jazz flautist, composer, and conductor.
J.J. Johnson

J.J. Johnson

male, deceased (2001)
Third Stream trombonist, From Indianapolis, Indiana, music arranger, American jazz trombonist, Bebop trombonist, Hard-bop trombonist…ThirdStreammusician, Third Stream, jazz musician, Bebop musician, musician
J.J. Johnson (born James Louis Johnson) in Indianapolis, Indiana, (January 22, 1924 - February 4, 2001), was a United States jazz trombonist,...
Buell Neidlinger

Buell Neidlinger

male, 73 years old
Marty Krystall, Third Stream, Caltech, Avant-garde jazz musician, new england conservatory, ThirdStreammusician
Buell Neidlinger (born March 2, 1936) is a cellist and double bassist. He was born in Westport, Connecticut. After Yale University, he moved to New...
Jacques Loussier

Jacques Loussier

male, 75 years old
ThirdStreammusician, Goldberg Variations, Crossover, jazz pianist, French, pianist…musician
Jacques Loussier (born 26 October 1934 in Angers, northwestern France) is a noted pianist and composer. He is well known for his jazz...
Don Banks

Don Banks

male, deceased (1980)
University of Melbourne, ThirdStreammusician, film score composer, serialism, composer, Australian…Third Stream
Don Banks was an Australian composer of concert, jazz, and commercial music. He initially studied at the University of Melbourne, then moved to...