Blues Melba
Context
Blues composed by trombonist and arranger Melba Liston, which opens her only album as a leader, Melba Liston and Her 'Bones (MetroJazz, 1959), produced by Leonard Feather and recorded in New York on December 22 and 24, 1958. The track brings together four trombones (Liston, Bennie Green, Al Grey, Benny Powell) with Kenny Burrell's guitar, without piano. It is one of the few records on which Liston can be heard as a soloist, praised for the warmth of her playing.
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).