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Second Balcony Jump

Dexter Gordon · 1962 · Thème de Billy Eckstine

Context

Theme by Billy Eckstine and Gerald Valentine, covered by Dexter Gordon on Go!. The album was recorded in Englewood Cliffs in August 1962 and was selected by the Library of Congress in 2019.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

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