The Moontrane
Context
Piece by Woody Shaw cut on Unity, the album where Larry Young's organ moves beyond the frame of soul jazz to take on modal language. Elvin Jones on drums, Joe Henderson on tenor and Shaw on trumpet give the track a Coltrane-like tension.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Soul jazz, boogaloo, Modal, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Soul jazz, boogaloo: Hard bop, Jump blues, R&B, Gospel.