Billy's Bag
Context
Billy Preston's second album, entirely instrumental, recorded in September 1964 and released on Vee-Jay in January 1965. "Billy's Bag" was a favorite of British musicians and dancers of the time; Preston gave a live version of it on Live European Tour in 1974.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Soul jazz, boogaloo: Hard bop, Jump blues, R&B, Gospel.