Générique (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud)
Context
The "Générique" opens the soundtrack of Louis Malle's film, recorded in Paris on December 4 and 5, 1957. Miles Davis came to the studio without rehearsal, with a few chord sequences, and the quintet improvised without a written theme in front of loops of the film. The album was released in France on Fontana in 1958; the American version, on Columbia, makes up side one of Jazz Track.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Modal, Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of Modal: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Hard bop, Bossa nova, jazz samba.