Sketches, Part 1
Context
Opening of the eight-part suite that gives its title to the 1994 ACT album. It brings together the WDR Big Band and a quartet of soloists (Mariano, Liebman, Lê, Ilg, Erskine).
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Modern big bands, Third stream. Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.