Teenie's Blues

Oliver Nelson · 1961 · Blues ouvert par un solo de basse

Context

Final track of the album (6 min 33), a twelve-bar blues opened by two bass choruses from Paul Chambers. Oliver Nelson plays alto saxophone.

In the genealogy of jazz

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

By the same artist

• Stolen Moments (1961)
• Hoe-Down (1961)
• Cascades (1961)
• Let the Word Go Forth (1967)

Sources

• EN: The Blues and the Abstract Truth

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