Blues Half-Smiling

Hal McKusick · 1957 · Blues original de McKusick sur Triple Exposure

Context

Composition by Hal McKusick on Triple Exposure, recorded at Van Gelder Studio on December 27, 1957 for Prestige. Scott Yanow praises the improvising talents of McKusick and trombonist Billy Byers, in his view too little recognized.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• A Touch of Spring (1957)
• The Settlers and the Indians (1957)

Sources

• EN: Triple Exposure

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