Hoe-Down

Oliver Nelson · 1961 · Inspiré de Rodeo de Copland

Context

Second track of the album (4 min 43 s), inspired by the fifth section of Aaron Copland's Rodeo according to the page. Its form is 44 bars long, with 32-bar solos over rhythm changes.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop, Cool (Birth of the Cool), Modern big bands. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Stolen Moments (1961)
• Cascades (1961)
• Teenie's Blues (1961)
• Let the Word Go Forth (1967)

Sources

• EN: The Blues and the Abstract Truth

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