Oleo (composition)

"Oleo"
Composition by Sonny Rollins
Written1954
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"Oleo" is a hard bop composition by Sonny Rollins, written in 1954. It has become a jazz standard,[2] and has been performed by numerous jazz artists such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans.

  1. ^ Dueck, Byron (2013). "Jazz Endings, Aesthetic Discourse, and Musical Publics". Black Music Research Journal. 33 (1): 91–115. doi:10.5406/blacmusiresej.33.1.0091. ISSN 0276-3605. JSTOR 10.5406/blacmusiresej.33.1.0091. Retrieved 30 October 2024. One [piece performed] was a Charlie Parker blues arrangement, the other a version of Sonny Rollins's 'Oleo.' The chosen repertory seemed to pay homage to a particularly iconic version of jazz: bebop as an innovative African-American practice.
  2. ^ Gioia, Ted (2021). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. Oxford University Press. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-19-008717-3 – via Google Books.