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

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