Once upon a Time
Context
Opening track of Geechee Recollections (Impulse!, 1973), recorded in Boston in June 1973. The album pays tribute to the Geechee, an African American community of the Georgia coast from which Brown claimed descent.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Free jazz, Spiritual jazz. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.