Oum le Dauphin
Context
First track of Plays Michel Legrand (Cristal Records, 2008), an album by trumpeter Nicolas Folmer with Thierry Eliez, Jérôme Regard and Benjamin Henocq. The programme covers themes by Michel Legrand.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to French jazz, Neoclassicism, Young Lions. 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.