One O'Clock Jump
Context
A twelve-bar blues built on riffs, this track illustrates the style of Count Basie's orchestra, from Kansas City to New York. Cut for Decca in 1937, it became the orchestra's theme, which closed its concerts with it for some fifty years. It entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1979.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Kansas City, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Kansas City: Blues, spirituals, work songs.
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