S'Pacific View
Context
First track of the album Fire in the West, released by Jubilee in 1957 (duration 5:53). Herb Geller plays on it with Kenny Dorham, Harold Land, Lou Levy, Ray Brown and Larance Marable.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to West Coast, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of West Coast: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool), Bossa nova, jazz samba.