Pas de Trois
Context
Composition by Jimmy Giuffre, third track of The Three & The Two, recorded on September 10, 1954. The trio, without piano or bass, brings together Shelly Manne, Giuffre and Shorty Rogers.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to West Coast, Third stream. Among the origins and influences of West Coast: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool), Bossa nova, jazz samba.