Rakin' and Scrapin'
Context
Composition by Harold Mabern that opens Rakin' and Scrapin' (Prestige, recorded on 23 December 1968). Blue Mitchell and George Coleman answer the pianist in a hard bop spirit.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hard bop, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).