Airegin (Wes Montgomery)
Context
Theme by Sonny Rollins that opens The Incredible Jazz Guitar, recorded on 26 January 1960 with Tommy Flanagan, Percy and Albert Heath. Four minutes twenty-six as a quartet.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).