Swift Are the Winds of Life

Leroy Jenkins & Rashied Ali · 1976 · Pièce-titre, la plus longue de l'album (10 min)

Context

Title piece of the album, about ten minutes long, composed by Leroy Jenkins. Wikipedia reports that critics see it as a forgotten classic and one of the best recordings of the New York loft scene of the 1970s.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Free jazz, Collectives and lofts (BAG, loft jazz), AACM. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.

By the same artist

• Past (1976)
• It's For You (1976)
• The Stomp (1976)

Sources

• EN: Swift Are the Winds of Life

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