A Blue Period

Bob Cooper · 1957 · Première variation de la suite de Cooper

Context

First variation of Bob Cooper's suite «Jazz Theme and Four Variations», recorded in Los Angeles on 26 and 27 August 1957 (length 4:09). The album was released on Contemporary in 1958.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to West Coast, Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of West Coast: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• Sunday Mood (1957)
• Happy Changes (1957)
• Night Stroll (1957)

Sources

• EN: Coop! The Music of Bob Cooper
• EN: Bob Cooper (musician)

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