'Round Midnight (Bill Evans)
Context
Opening track of Conversations with Myself, an album produced by Creed Taylor for Verve on which Evans overdubs himself. The piece was recorded on February 9, 1963.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool), Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.