City of David

Sonny Simmons · 1966 · Pièce de 15 min 03 saluée par DownBeat

Context

First album by Simmons as a leader, recorded in 1966 and released on August 30, 1966 on ESP-Disk (ESP 1030), with Barbara Donald, John Hicks, Teddy Smith and Marvin Pattillo. Longest track (15 min 03 s), praised by a DownBeat critic.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Free jazz, Spiritual jazz. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.

By the same artist

• Metamorphosis (1966)
• A Distant Voice (1966)
• Interplanetary Travelers (1966)

Sources

• EN: Staying on the Watch
• EN: Sonny Simmons

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