The Valentyne Suite
Context
Suite of nearly 17 minutes in three themes credited to Dave Greenslade, Dick Heckstall-Smith, and Jon Hiseman, filling side B of the album of the same name. Released in November 1969, it is the very first album on the Vertigo label; Colin Larkin credits the group with the commercial acceptance of jazz-rock in the United Kingdom.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Canterbury scene and British jazz-rock, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Canterbury scene and British jazz-rock: Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, British jazz.