Blues in the Closet
Context
Blues by Oscar Pettiford, covered on Party Time in May 1959. Cobb recorded it at Van Gelder's in Hackensack for Prestige.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Swing, big bands, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.