Black Coffee (Sonny Criss)

Sonny Criss · 1966 · Standard de Sonny Burke et Paul Francis Webster, plage la plus longue du disque (près de 8 minutes)

Context

Track from This Is Criss! (Prestige, 1966), recorded on October 21, 1966 at Van Gelder, produced by Don Schlitten. The Wikipedia page highlights bluesy playing rooted in bebop, on a mix of standards and one Criss composition.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• When Sunny Gets Blue (1966)
• Steve's Blues (1966)
• Skylark (1966)

Sources

• EN: This Is Criss!

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