has there ever been a jazz ballet?

[Stefan Wood]

I mentioned in an earlier post about Milt Jackson, which was wrong. I meant John Lewis' "Original Sin,' released in 1961, which is a ballet score.

[AllenLowe]

c'mon chewy - did he write it? The first jazz version I heard of I Love Lucy was by Barry Harris - it's a natural beop tune, lots of flat 5s; very "airy" tune, Dameron-like in the way he had of ending phrases on typical bebop intervals; interesting - so tell us what you know -

[clifford_thornton]

Add Bill Dixon and Tadd Dameron.

As far as I understand it, Dixon's work wasn't for ballet, but improvised movement and/or modern dance. Judith Dunn was pretty far from a ballet dancer.

[JSngry]

c'mon chewy - did he write it? The first jazz version I heard of I Love Lucy was by Barry Harris - it's a natural beop tune, lots of flat 5s; very "airy" tune, Dameron-like in the way he had of ending phrases on typical bebop intervals; interesting - so tell us what you know -

chewy's quoting: http://www.jazzinchicago.org/Internal/Arti...addDameron.aspx

Edited October 2, 2006 by JSngry

[Jazz Kat]

Dave Brubeck wrote one called Limp Waltz or something like that. It appeared on his Countdown, Time In Outer Space.