Baalbek
Context
Second track of Melanchology (2011), credited to André Manoukian alone. The album, Oriental in inspiration, includes several titles of this kind.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to French jazz, Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East. Among the origins and influences of French jazz: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Traditional revival, Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz, Jazz in France (interwar years), Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East.