Manteca (Phineas Newborn Jr.)

Phineas Newborn Jr. · 1961 · Titre de Gillespie, Fuller et Pozo, trio

Context

Piece by Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller and Chano Pozo, recorded as a trio on October 16, 1961. Geoffrey Keezer says Newborn could play Gillespie's entire big band arrangement on piano; critics see it as a highlight of the album.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Bebop: Kansas City, Swing, big bands.

By the same artist

• Cheryl (1961)
• Lush Life (Phineas Newborn Jr.) (1961)
• Oleo (1961)

Sources

• EN: A World of Piano!

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