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Slide Hampton · 1962 · Thème de West Side Story arrangé pour dix musiciens

Context

Cover of the Bernstein and Sondheim theme on Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton (Atlantic, 1962). Session of 26 July with Willie Bobo on congas and Horace Parlan on piano.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop, Modern big bands, Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Spanish Flier (1962)
• Slide's Blues (1962)

Sources

• EN: Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton

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