The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream explained

The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Joe Zawinul
Cover:	Rise and Fall of the Third Stream.jpg
Released:	1968
Recorded:	October 16 & 21, 1967; December 12, 1967
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	30:37
Label:	Vortex Records
Producer:	Joel Dorn
Prev Title:	Money in the Pocket
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Zawinul
Next Year:	1971

The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream is the second studio album by Joe Zawinul, released in 1968. The title refers to the Third stream genre of music, melding classical and jazz.

Track listing

1. "Baptismal" (William Fischer) – 7:37
2. "The Soul of a Village - Part I" (William Fischer) – 2:13
3. "The Soul of a Village - Part II" (William Fischer) – 4:12
4. "The Fifth Canto" (William Fischer) – 6:55
5. "From Vienna, With Love" (Friedrich Gulda) – 4:27
6. "Lord, Lord, Lord" (William Fischer) – 3:55
7. "A Concerto, Retitled" (William Fischer) – 5:30

Personnel

• Joe Zawinul - piano and electric piano
• William S. Fischer - tenor saxophone and arrangements
• Jimmy Owens - trumpet
• Alfred Brown - viola
• Selwart Clarke - viola
• Theodore Israel - viola
• Kermit Moore - cello
• Richard Davis - bass
• Roy McCurdy - drums
• Freddie Waits - drums
• Warren Smith - percussion