Song of Songs

Woody Shaw · 1972 · Song of Songs (Contemporary), pièce-titre de Shaw

Context

Title track of 11 min 37 s, Shaw's second album as a leader, recorded in Los Angeles in September 1972. Scott Yanow (AllMusic) notes a sound close to Freddie Hubbard but a more advanced style of playing.

In the genealogy of jazz

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

By the same artist

• The Goat and the Archer (1972)
• Love: For the One You Can't Have (1972)

Sources

• EN: Song of Songs (album)

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