Star Eyes
Context
Standard by Gene de Paul and Don Raye, recorded on January 19, 1957, in Los Angeles, at the session that brought together Art Pepper and Miles Davis's rhythm section (Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones). Pepper claimed he had learned of the session only that same morning; the Penguin Guide places the album in its core collection.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to West Coast, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of West Coast: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool), Bossa nova, jazz samba.