Walk On

Leroy Vinnegar · 1957 · Original de Vinnegar, ouverture de 8 min 23

Context

Walk On, composed by Leroy Vinnegar, opens Leroy Walks! (Contemporary, 1958), recorded in Los Angeles in 1957. The sextet brings together Gerald Wilson, Teddy Edwards, Victor Feldman, Carl Perkins and Tony Bazley. AllMusic speaks of a “fine straight-ahead session.”

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to West Coast, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of West Coast: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• Would You Like to Take a Walk? (1957)
• I'll Walk Alone (1957)

Sources

• EN: Leroy Walks!
• EN: Leroy Vinnegar

Jazzency text written from these pages. Method and licenses