Perhaps, recorded September 18, 1948, is a medium-up blues in C by the Charlie Parker All Stars at approximately 194-201 BPM over a 12-bar form. Parker's three-chorus alto saxophone solo opens the improvisations with characteristic invention, followed by Miles Davis for three choruses on trumpet and John Lewis for two choruses on piano. The generous allocation of solo space allows each musician to develop extended ideas within the blues form. Parker's three choruses demonstrate his seemingly inexhaustible capacity for melodic invention within the 12-bar structure, with each chorus introducing fresh thematic material while maintaining an overarching sense of direction. Davis's three-chorus solo shows him at his most confident, with increasingly assured phrasing. Lewis brings a more restrained, classically influenced approach to his two choruses that foreshadows his later aesthetic with the Modern Jazz Quartet. Perhaps is a solid, unpretentious blues performance from the September 1948 Savoy session that captures the band in a relaxed, swinging groove.
