A Handful of Stars

Serge Chaloff · 1956 · Ouverture de Blue Serge, standard pris au baryton

Context

A Handful of Stars opens Blue Serge, recorded in Los Angeles on 14 and 16 March 1956 for Capitol. Chaloff is accompanied there by Sonny Clark, Leroy Vinnegar and Philly Joe Jones. The record is cited as his best by Scott Yanow, even though the saxophonist was already suffering from spinal paralysis.

In the genealogy of jazz

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

By the same artist

• The Goof and I (1956)
• Thanks for the Memory (1956)
• Susie's Blues (1956)

Sources

• EN: Blue Serge
• jazz.com

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