The Worm
Context
Title track of the album recorded in New York in August 1968 for Solid State. AllMusic sees it as one of the first records where urban soul and jazz meet in jazz-funk.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Soul jazz, boogaloo, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Soul jazz, boogaloo: Hard bop, Jump blues, R&B, Gospel.