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Blue Bossa

Joe Henderson · 1963

Context

Composition by Kenny Dorham that became a standard, recorded by Joe Henderson on June 3, 1963, at Van Gelder Studio for the album Page One (Blue Note, October 1963). Dorham plays trumpet on the session; McCoy Tyner is credited under the pseudonym "Etc." because he was under contract to Impulse! Records.

In the genealogy of jazz

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

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