Red Clay (Charles Earland)
Context
Double album recorded in Berkeley in December 1973: Earland adds ARP and Moog synthesizers, and the jazz-funk responds to the fusion trend; AllMusic judges it his most surprising undertaking. It covers Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay", with Greg Crockett on guitar.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).