Letters of Marque

Allan Holdsworth · 1982 · Plage de sept minutes, jeu legato

Context

Seven-minute piece from I.O.U., a fusion album built around Holdsworth's guitar solos and the band's interplay.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, British jazz. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

By the same artist

• The Things You See (When You Haven't Got Your Gun) (1982)
• Where Is One (1982)

Sources

• EN: I.O.U. (album)

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