Soul Station (Toots Thielemans)

Toots Thielemans · 1958 · Quatrième piste de l'album

Context

Fourth track of the album (6 min 58), played with Pepper Adams, Kenny Drew, Wilbur Ware and Art Taylor. Man Bites Harmonica! (Riverside, 1958), recorded in New York at Reeves Sound Studios, presents the harmonica as a full-fledged improvising instrument, comparable to the trumpet, saxophone or piano.

In the genealogy of jazz

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

By the same artist

• East of the Sun (1958)
• Fundamental Frequency (1958)
• Coração Vagabundo (1992)

Sources

• EN: Man Bites Harmonica!

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