Soft Shoe

Gerry Mulligan Quartet · 1952 · Thème de Mulligan, quartette

Context

Composition by Gerry Mulligan recorded in October 1952. A short track (under three minutes) from the quartet's first LP.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to West Coast, Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of West Coast: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• Bernie's Tune (1952)
• Walkin' Shoes (1952)
• Frenesí (Gerry Mulligan Quartet) (1952)
• Freeway (1952)
• Aren't You Glad You're You? (1952)
• Nights at the Turntable (1952)

Sources

• EN: Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1

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