Bock's Tops
Context
Track by the Russ Freeman Trio recorded with Joe Mondragon and Shelly Manne, released in 1953 on a Pacific Jazz EP. The MusicWeb International review presents Freeman, a Chicago-born pianist and West Coast jazz figure, as a composer above most of his generation.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to West Coast. Among the origins and influences of West Coast: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool), Bossa nova, jazz samba.