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André Previn · 1957 · Ouverture du trio Previn-Mitchell-Manne sur Pal Joey

Context

First track of Pal Joey, an album of standards from the Rodgers and Hart musical, recorded in Los Angeles in October 1957. Previn plays in a trio with Red Mitchell and Shelly Manne.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to West Coast, Cool (Birth of the Cool). 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

• That Terrific Rainbow (1957)
• Zip (1957)

Sources

• EN: Pal Joey (André Previn album)

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