Ballad for the Silf
Context
Composition by Reggie Workman (6 min 33), second track of Altered Spaces. AllMusic links the album to a chamber jazz closer to the European avant-garde than to rhythmic free jazz.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Free jazz, Free improvisation and European free. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.