Valve in Head
Context
Valve in Head, by Bud Shank, closes the album Strings & Trombones released in 1956 by Pacific Jazz. The album is presented under the name of Bud Shank with Bob Brookmeyer.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to West Coast, Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of West Coast: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool), Bossa nova, jazz samba.