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Context
Composition by McLean that closes Let Freedom Ring, recorded as a quartet with no other horn. The album's page describes it as one of McLean's most dynamic compositions; the record, a quartet, leaves the saxophonist as the only horn on the front line.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hard bop, Free jazz. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).