Interplanetary Travelers

Sonny Simmons · 1966 · Final de 9 min 20

Context

First album by Simmons as a leader, recorded in 1966 and released on August 30, 1966 on ESP-Disk (ESP 1030), with Barbara Donald, John Hicks, Teddy Smith and Marvin Pattillo. Final track (9 min 20 s). Colin Larkin sees the album as "a masterpiece of new jazz".

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Free jazz. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.

By the same artist

• Metamorphosis (1966)
• A Distant Voice (1966)
• City of David (1966)

Sources

• EN: Staying on the Watch
• EN: Sonny Simmons

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