Steve's Blues

Sonny Criss · 1966 · Seule composition de Criss du disque, un blues de plus de six minutes

Context

Track from This Is Criss! (Prestige, 1966), recorded on October 21, 1966 at Van Gelder, produced by Don Schlitten. The Wikipedia page highlights bluesy playing rooted in bebop, on a mix of standards and one Criss composition.

In the genealogy of jazz

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

By the same artist

• Black Coffee (Sonny Criss) (1966)
• When Sunny Gets Blue (1966)
• Skylark (1966)

Sources

• EN: This Is Criss!

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