Why Not
Context
First track of Pike's Peak, a Dave Pike Quartet album recorded in New York on 6 and 8 February 1962 for Epic. Bill Evans plays piano, with Herbie Lewis and Walter Perkins.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).