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Jacky Terrasson · 1995 · Composition de Terrasson, trois minutes de trio sur Reach

Context

Composition by Jacky Terrasson, second track of Reach (Blue Note, 1995). The trio with Ugonna Okegwo and Leon Parker makes it one of the shortest pieces on the record.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to French jazz, Neoclassicism, Young Lions. Among the origins and influences of French jazz: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Traditional revival, Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz, Jazz in France (interwar years), Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East.

By the same artist

• Baby Plum (1995)
• Happy Man (1995)
• First Affair (1995)

Sources

• EN: Reach (Jacky Terrasson album)

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