Honesty
Context
Fifth track of Ezz-thetics, George Russell's album recorded in May 1961 for Riverside. The piece is by David Baker, the sextet's trombonist, and not by Russell, who wrote the other original compositions on the record.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Modal, Third stream. Among the origins and influences of Modal: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Hard bop, Bossa nova, jazz samba.