Ambiance
Context
Composition by Marian McPartland that gives its title to the album by her trio, recorded in July 1970 and released by Halcyon, with Michael Moore on bass and Jimmy Madison on drums. Scott Yanow (AllMusic) notes at times very free playing and an almost telepathic interaction among the three musicians.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Modal. Among the origins and influences of Modal: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Hard bop, Bossa nova, jazz samba.