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Donald Byrd · 1960 · Ouverture de Byrd in Flight avec Hank Mobley

Context

Composition by Byrd that opens Byrd in Flight (Blue Note, 1960), recorded on 25 January 1960. Hank Mobley, Duke Pearson, Doug Watkins and Lex Humphries accompany him according to the page consulted.

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).

By the same artist

• Fuego (1959)
• Funky Mama (1959)
• Cristo Redentor (1963)
• Black Byrd (1973)
• Lansana's Priestess (1974)
• Miss Kane (1974)

Sources

• EN: Byrd in Flight

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