Slam Slam Blues
Context
Session recorded at the WOR studios on June 6, 1945, around Red Norvo, with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Flip Phillips, Teddy Wilson, and Slam Stewart. It first appeared on Dial, then was reissued under Parker's name (Alternate Masters, Once There Was Bird).
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.