The Black and Crazy Blues
Context
First track on The Inflated Tear by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, recorded from 27 to 30 November 1967 at Webster Hall, New York, and released by Atlantic in June 1968. The piece lasts 6:07; Kirk is joined by Rahn Burton, Steve Novosel and Jimmy Hopps.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Soul jazz, boogaloo, Blues, spirituals, work songs. Among the origins and influences of Soul jazz, boogaloo: Hard bop, Jump blues, R&B, Gospel.