Tanjah

Randy Weston · 1974 · Morceau-titre de huit minutes, big band arrangé par Melba Liston

Context

Title track of the album recorded in New York in May 1973, with a large brass and percussion ensemble and the oud of Ahmed Abdul-Malik. The album was released on Polydor in 1974, with arrangements by Melba Liston.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Modern big bands, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.

By the same artist

• Hi-Fly (1974)
• Jamaica East (1974)
• In Memory Of (1974)
• Sweet Meat (1974)
• The Last Day (1974)
• Little Niles (1974)

Sources

• EN: Tanjah (album)

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