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John Gilmore · 1957 · Composition de Clifford Jordan

Context

Track from Blowing in from Chicago (Blue Note, 1957), recorded on March 3, 1957 at Van Gelder's by two Chicago tenors, John Gilmore and Clifford Jordan, with Horace Silver, Curly Russell and Art Blakey. Wikipedia presents it as a hard bop session in which the two tenors alternate solos.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

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