Concerto for Billy the Kid
Context
Twelfth track of The Jazz Workshop, George Russell's first album, recorded in 1956 and released by RCA Victor in 1957. Bill Evans opens in octaves before improvising on the chord changes of I'll Remember April.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream. Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.