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Here is the list of Alan Kurtz’s selections:

THE DOZENS Third Stream – Twelve Essential Tracks

(1) Artist: STAN KENTON Track: Trajectories [From the CD: The Innovations Orchestra (Capitol Jazz 5269230)]

(2) Artist: SHELLY MANNE Track: Pas de Trois [From the CD: “The Three” and “The Two” (Contemporary OJCCD-172-2)]

(3) Artist: JOHN LEWIS Track: Three Little Feelings [From the CD: The Birth of the Third Stream (Columbia/Legacy CK 64929)]

(4) Artist: JOHN LEWIS Track: Sketch [From the CD: Third Stream Music (Wounded Bird Records WOU 1345)]

(5) Artist: CHARLES MINGUS Track: Half-Mast Inhibition [From the CD: Pre-Bird (Mercury 538636)]

(6) Artist: GUNTHER SCHULLER Track: Abstraction [From the CD: John Lewis: Golden Striker / Jazz Abstractions (Collectables COL-CD-6252)]

(7) Artist: JIM HALL Track: Piece for Guitar & Strings [From the CD: John Lewis: Golden Striker / Jazz Abstractions (Collectables COL-CD-6252)]

(8) Artist: STAN GETZ Track: I’m Late, I’m Late [From the CD: Focus (Verve 314 521 419-2)]

(9) Artist: RAN BLAKE Track: Wende [From the CD: Wende (Sunnyside 283516)]

(10) Artist: DAVID BAKER Track: Calypso (third movement from Sonata for Jazz Violin and String Quartet) [From the CD: The Oregon String Quartet and All That Jazz: Jazz and Rock Influences in the Contemporary American String Quartet (Koch International Classics KCH 7672)]

(11) Artist: YUSEF LATEEF Track: Transmutation (second movement from The African-American Epic Suite) [From the CD: The African-American Epic Suite (ACT WDR 892 142)]

(12) Artist: TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET Track: Blue Rondo à la Turk [From the CD: Art of the Groove (Koch International 7500)]