Blues for Alican
Context
Only original composition on Virtuoso, a solo guitar album by Joe Pass. An All About Jazz review cites it as the record that announces Pass's arrival, playing melody, chords, and bass at once so as to suggest several guitars.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Bebop: Kansas City, Swing, big bands.