Black Butterfly

Earl Hines · 1971 · Ellington en piano solo, séances Master Jazz 1971-1975

Context

Ellington piece taken up in solo piano by Earl Hines, from the four Master Jazz LPs recorded at the Hotel Edison in New York between 1971 and 1975 and combined into a double album by New World in 1988. Scott Yanow judges the music "satisfying."

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

By the same artist

• The Shepherd (1971)
• Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues (1940)

Sources

• EN: Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington

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