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Gunther Schuller (1925-2015)

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Marc Myers
Jun 23, 2015
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Gunther Schuller, a classically trained French hornist, composer and conductor whose passion for jazz motivated him to record with jazz musicians and then fuse classical and jazz into what would become known as Third Stream, died Sunday in Boston. He was 89.

I interviewed Gunther in 2010 on his jazz experiences. Here are all four parts of that inteview c…

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