Blues for Dracula

Philly Joe Jones · 1958 · Sextet de Philly Joe Jones, album Riverside

Context

Blues for Dracula, composed by Johnny Griffin, opens the album by Philly Joe Jones's sextet recorded in New York on September 17, 1958 for Riverside. The drummer is also credited there as narrator.

In the genealogy of jazz

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

Sources

• EN: Blues for Dracula
• EN: Philly Joe Jones

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