Along Came Betty

After the marathon Public Eye, the quintet cools down with Benny Golson's hard bop classic at a relaxed 111 BPM. Weiner leads with two choruses on tenor, Iida follows with three on trumpet, and Kreibich adds two on keyboard over the distinctive 34-bar ABCD form. The shorter solo lengths and moderate tempo provide welcome relief after the forty-seven-chorus blues blowout that preceded it. Golson's through-composed form — four distinct sections with no repeated material — gives the soloists a unique structural challenge. This same tune appeared earlier in the AllSolos catalog on the Emmet Cohen WBGO Spotlight session with Melissa Aldana, and the different treatments highlight how the same composition serves distinct ensembles. The twelve-minute performance settles the quintet's energy before Weiner's third original, Waiting for the Gypsy.