Mundell Lowe: 'New Music of Alec Wilder,' (1956)

This little-known Riverside jazz LP featured fresh Wilder songs and notes by Frank Sinatra

Classical composers’ love affair with jazz has a long history. Among those who had a deep affinity for the music were George Gershwin, Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, André Hodeir, Leonard Bernstein, Darius Milhaud, David Amram, Dimitri Shostakovich and Alec Wilder. Of those on the list, only Bernstein created works that crossed over to post-war pop. [P…