This recording of Jerome Kern's "All The Things You Are" comes from Chad Lefkowitz-Brown's Quartet Sessions, released in 2020. The beloved standard is performed with a Latin feel at a medium tempo of approximately 132 BPM in the key of A-flat major, using the 36-bar AABA form. Lefkowitz-Brown takes one chorus on tenor saxophone, delivering a focused, harmonically rich solo that navigates the tune's famously lush chord changes with assurance. Pianist Steven Feifke follows with his own single-chorus statement at the same tempo, bringing a complementary pianistic perspective to the sophisticated harmonic landscape. The Latin feel provides a rhythmic departure from the swing treatment most commonly associated with this standard, giving the performance a distinctive character and forward momentum. The 36-bar AABA form, with its extended sections, offers more harmonic ground to cover than a typical 32-bar standard, and both soloists demonstrate their ability to sustain musical interest across the longer structure. The A-flat major tonality preserves the romantic, harmonically adventurous quality that has made this Kern composition one of the most enduring vehicles for jazz improvisation.
