Groovin' High (Hampton Hawes)

Hampton Hawes · 1956 · Thème de Gillespie en improvisation prolongée

Context

Theme by Dizzy Gillespie (5:48), played on 12 November 1956 for the session recorded in a single night by Contemporary. Released in 1958, the album is praised for its freshness and spontaneity.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to West Coast, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of West Coast: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• Jordu (Hampton Hawes) (1956)
• Takin' Care (1956)
• Hampton's Pulpit (1956)
• Blues the Most (1955)
• Feelin' Fine (1955)
• Hamp's Blues (1955)

Sources

• EN: All Night Session! Vol. 1

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