Central Park North
Context
Title track of more than nine minutes composed and arranged by Thad Jones, recorded at A&R Studios in New York on June 17 and 18, 1969, and released by Solid State. The album was nominated for Grammy Awards; the orchestra includes Roland Hanna, Richard Davis, Jerome Richardson, Joe Farrell, and Snooky Young.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Modern big bands, Hard bop, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.