80/81
Context
Title piece of the double album 80/81, recorded in May 1980 for ECM under Manfred Eicher's production. Metheny plays there with Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Dewey Redman and Michael Brecker.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, ECM and European jazz. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).