Papa's Blues
Context
Opening of the album, a Ray Brown blues of over seven minutes. The quintet brings together Herb Ellis, Roy Eldridge, Stan Getz, Ray Brown and Stan Levey, recorded in Hollywood in October 1957.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hard bop, Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).