Free as a Bird
Context
Composition by Don Sebesky on Giant Box (CTI 6031/32), recorded in April and May 1973 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, under the production of Creed Taylor. The orchestra combines brass, woodwinds, strings and a leading soloist.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Modern big bands, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.