Balcan Blue
Context
Final track of Swinging Macedonia, recorded in Cologne by Yugoslav trumpeter Duško Gojković with a European and American quintet. Nathan Davis and Eddie Busnello share the saxophone parts.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool), Central European and Balkan jazz. Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.