Gingerbread Boy
Context
Piece by Jimmy Heath singled out by David Dupont (AllMusic) for its high trumpets and trombone countermelodies. It appears on Little Man, Big Band (Verve, 1992).
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Modern big bands, Neoclassicism, Young Lions. Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.