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Bob Cooper · 1957 · Thème de la suite « Jazz Theme and Four Variations »

Context

Main theme of the five-movement suite that opens the album, composed by Bob Cooper. It is stated by an octet in which three trumpets and two trombones surround Cooper's tenor saxophone (duration 4:04).

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

• A Blue Period (1957)
• Happy Changes (1957)
• Night Stroll (1957)

Sources

• EN: Coop! The Music of Bob Cooper
• EN: Bob Cooper (musician)

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