Blues for Janet

Herb Ellis · 1957 · Blues d'Ellis et Brown, 7:13

Context

Composition by Herb Ellis and Ray Brown, longest track of the Hollywood session. It appears on Nothing but the Blues, released by Verve in 1958.

In the genealogy of jazz

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

By the same artist

• Papa's Blues (1957)
• Soft Winds (1957)

Sources

• EN: Nothing but the Blues (Herb Ellis album)
• jazzmusicarchives.com

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