Polka Dots and Moonbeams

Bud Shank · 1956 · Ballade de Van Heusen par le quartet de Shank

Context

Seventh track of the Pacific Jazz record, a ballad by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke. Bud Shank plays here in a quartet with Claude Williamson, Don Prell and Chuck Flores.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to West Coast, Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of West Coast: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• Valve in Head (1956)
• Tertia (1956)
• Theme (Bud Shank) (1956)

Sources

• EN: Bud Shank Quartet Featuring Claude Williamson

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