Midnight Mambo
Context
Composition by the trumpeter Tommy Turrentine, closing Leapin' and Lopin' (Blue Note, 1962). Recorded on 13 November 1961 at Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).