The Emperor

Teddy Charles · 1956 · Pièce de Charles citée pour deux passages proches du free jazz

Context

Composition by Teddy Charles, the longest on the original side (8 min). Stuart Nicholson notes two free jazz passages in it, several years before Ornette Coleman.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Third stream, Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of Third stream: Cool (Birth of the Cool).

By the same artist

• Vibrations (1956)
• The Quiet Time (1956)
• Lydian M-1 (1956)

Sources

• EN: The Teddy Charles Tentet

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