third stream

noun

1. a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.

Word History and Origins

Origin of third stream¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

A third stream comes when the resulting pig iron is turned into steel by cooking it a bit further—baking off most of the remaining carbon—and alloying it with additives such as chromium or titanium.

From Science Magazine

As I wrote in last week’s Voices of the Free Press newsletter, this is becoming a third stream of revenue for some.

From Seattle Times

But there was a third stream, not quite cozy, not quite noir, dominated by women, almost entirely rooted around suspense of the psychological variety.

From New York Times

Mr. Marsalis recalled auditioning 40 years ago for the composer and conductor Gunther Schuller — renowned for his “third stream” style, combining jazz and classical approaches — for a prestigious spot at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home and academy in the Berkshires.

From New York Times

The crossbreeding of classical and jazz has a long history, stretching back to the Third Stream movement of the 1960s.

From New York Times