November 99
Context
Opening track of Neighbourhood, drummer Manu Katché's first album on ECM, recorded in 2004 at Rainbow Studio in Oslo. He brings together Jan Garbarek, Tomasz Stańko and the Polish rhythm section of Marcin Wasilewski and Sławomir Kurkiewicz, on compositions all written by Katché.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to French jazz, ECM and European jazz. 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.