Airegin

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Airegin is a celebrated jazz composition by saxophonist Sonny Rollins, known as a bebop standard frequently performed and recorded by leading jazz musicians.

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instanceOf bebop standard
jazz composition
associatedArtist Miles Davis Quintet NERFINISHED
Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED
associatedCountry Nigeria NERFINISHED
associatedRegion West Africa NERFINISHED
composer Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED
compositionType instrumental
dedicatedTo Nigeria (indirectly, via title) NERFINISHED
era hard bop era
firstRecordingAlbum Bags' Groove NERFINISHED
firstRecordingArtist Miles Davis NERFINISHED
firstRecordingBand Miles Davis Quintet NERFINISHED
firstRecordingLabel Prestige Records NERFINISHED
firstRecordingYear 1954
form 32-bar song form
AABA form
frequentlyPerformedBy modern jazz musicians
frequentlyRecordedBy leading jazz artists
genre bebop
jazz
hasLyrics true
influencedGenre post-bop
isJazzStandard true
lyricist Jon Hendricks NERFINISHED
notableGuitarArrangementBy Wes Montgomery NERFINISHED
notablePerformer Art Blakey NERFINISHED
Cannonball Adderley NERFINISHED
Grant Green NERFINISHED
Joe Henderson NERFINISHED
John Coltrane NERFINISHED
McCoy Tyner NERFINISHED
Miles Davis NERFINISHED
Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED
Wes Montgomery NERFINISHED
notablePianoArrangementBy McCoy Tyner NERFINISHED
performanceContext jam session standard
small jazz combo
publisher Prestige Music (historical association via first recording label) NERFINISHED
styleCharacteristic challenging chord changes
complex bebop melody
fast harmonic rhythm
tempo up-tempo
titleLanguage English
titleMeaning "Nigeria" spelled backwards
typicalKey B-flat major
vocaleseVersionPerformer Lambert, Hendricks & Ross NERFINISHED

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Sonny Rollins notableWork Airegin