Gunther Schuller (New York, 1925 – Boston, 2015), composer, horn player, and conductor, directed the New England Conservatory in Boston. He was also one of the main representatives of the "third current"—a term he coined to describe music that combines classical and jazz techniques—played alongside figures such as Miles Davis, Gigi Gryce, John Lewis, Mitch Miller, and Frank Sinatra, and published influential essays such as The Beginnings of Jazz (Acantilado, 2023) and The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930–1945 (1991), among others.