Groovin' High (Don Byas, Haarlem 1964)
Context
Concert recorded on July 4, 1964 at the Rembrandttheater in Haarlem for VARA radio, with Pim Jacobs on piano, Ruud Jacobs on double bass and John Engels on drums. Don Byas, who lived about seventeen years in the Netherlands according to a 2016 review, had never recorded a full album there; the tape was released in 2016 by the Nederlands Jazz Archief.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Dutch jazz. Among the origins and influences of Bebop: Kansas City, Swing, big bands.