The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea (Part III)
Context
Final movement of the record and its longest track (6 min 03). Recorded in Burbank in the summer of 1977, it closes a three-part suite composed, orchestrated and conducted by Ponty.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, French jazz. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).