Totem Pole

Lee Morgan · 1964

Context

Totem Pole, composed by Lee Morgan, opens an album running 10 min 11 s, The Sidewinder (Blue Note BLP 4157), recorded on 21 December 1963 and released in 1964. The album became Blue Note's best-selling record.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• The Sidewinder (1964)
• Gary's Notebook (1964)
• Boy, What a Night (1964)
• Search for the New Land (1964)
• Mr. Kenyatta (1964)
• Melancholee (1964)

Sources

• EN: The Sidewinder

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