Ye Hypocrite, Ye Beelzebub
Context
Opening track of The Jazz Workshop, George Russell's first album with his small ensemble, released by RCA Victor in 1957. The page classifies the record between cool jazz, modal jazz and post-bop; it appears in the Penguin Guide's Core Collection.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream. Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.