Children of the Ghetto
Context
The only vocal track on Journey to the Urge Within, Courtney Pine's first album, released in 1986 on Island (Antilles New Direction), sung by Susaye Greene. The record reached No. 39 on the British sales chart and earned a silver disc, presented as a first for a British jazz recording.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to British jazz, Neoclassicism, Young Lions. Among the origins and influences of British jazz: Traditional revival, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).