Togo
Context
Composition by drummer Ed Blackwell, covered on Mosaic Man, an album by Henri Texier's Azur Quintet released by Label Bleu. It was recorded in September 1998 at Studio Gil Evans in Amiens, with Sébastien Texier, Glenn Ferris, Bojan Zulfikarpašić and Tony Rabeson.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to French jazz, ECM and European jazz. 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.