Late Lament
Context
Ballad by Paul Desmond recorded on September 28, 1961 at Webster Hall in New York for "Desmond Blue", his first album for RCA Victor, produced by George Avakian. It is also his first record as a leader with strings and woodwinds, alongside guitarist Jim Hall.
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.