Tristano
Context
Piece from the double album Het XYZ der Bik Bent Braam, on which pianist Michiel Braam's big band plays twenty-six pieces, one per letter of the alphabet. A critic hears influences of Ellington, Monk, Mingus and Tristano, and a movement between traditions without limiting itself to any one of them. The album was released in 1996 on Willem Breuker's BV Haast label.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Dutch jazz, Modern big bands, Free improvisation and European free. Among the origins and influences of Dutch jazz: Swing, big bands, Traditional revival, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).