Melanchology
Context
Title track of Melanchology (Universal Music France, 2011), first piece on the record, credited to André Manoukian and Hervé Gourdikian. The twelve-track album blends jazz and Oriental tones.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to French jazz, Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of French jazz: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Traditional revival, Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz, Jazz in France (interwar years), Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East.