The Spanish Flea
Context
Trudy Pitts's first album for Prestige (1967), with Pat Martino on guitar: AllMusic hears in it a mix of standards and grittier soul jazz. She covers "The Spanish Flea" by Julius Wechter, a popular theme of the period.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Soul jazz, boogaloo: Hard bop, Jump blues, R&B, Gospel.