Kaleidoscope
Context
Second track on By Myself, composed and played by Abdul Wadud without accompaniment. Wadud said he wanted to make a solo cello record the way other musicians of the time were making them on their own instruments.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Free jazz, Collectives and lofts (BAG, loft jazz). Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.