Minor Lament
Context
Composition by Feldman (4:00) from the musician's first album for Contemporary, recorded in Los Angeles in January 1958. Allmusic describes a mostly bop ensemble that keeps Feldman in the foreground.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hard bop, West Coast. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).