"Estate" from Alexis Cole's 2021 album Sky Blossom: Songs From My Tour of Duty features a one-chorus trumpet solo by Jeff Jarvis over Bruno Martino's Italian standard. The composition, whose title translates to "Summer" in Italian, is performed in a bossa nova feel at 88 beats per minute, built on a 56-bar AABA form in B-flat minor. Martino wrote the song in 1960 as a lament for a love lost during summer, and its bittersweet melody and lush harmonic progressions have made it a favorite among jazz musicians worldwide since Joao Gilberto and other Brazilian artists popularized it in the 1960s. Jarvis delivers a full chorus of trumpet improvisation that suits the song's warm, melancholic mood, his phrasing relaxed and lyrical against the gentle bossa nova rhythm. The extended 56-bar form gives him ample space to develop his ideas across a broad harmonic landscape. The choice of this Italian-Brazilian standard reflects the international flavor of Cole's musical palette and her album's connection to her travels performing for military audiences stationed around the world. The bossa nova setting provides a welcome contrast to the swing and ballad performances elsewhere on the album, showcasing the ensemble's versatility and Cole's sophisticated taste in repertoire selection.
