Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Laurent Cugny)

Laurent Cugny · 1989 · Thème de Mingus par le Big Band Lumière avec Gil Evans

Context

Closing track of Golden Hair (1989), recorded in Paris on 3 November 1987. Gil Evans arranges and conducts Charles Mingus's theme there with Cugny's orchestra.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to French jazz, Modern big bands. Among the origins and influences of French jazz: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Traditional revival, Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz, Jazz in France (interwar years), Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East.

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Oct 7, 2026: GOODBYE PORK PIE HAT - REQUIEM POUR UNE TOURTE (Anatomie d'un titre, TSF Jazz, in French)

By the same artist

• Golden Hair (1989)
• Stone Free (1988)
• London (1988)

Sources

• EN: Golden Hair (album)

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