The Standards Night closer brings a jolt of fusion energy with Chick Corea's Elektric Band composition, taken at a scorching 269 BPM over a compact 16-bar form. The solo order is notable — Feifke leads with ten choruses on piano, followed by Lefkowitz-Brown's fourteen-and-a-half choruses on tenor saxophone, and Carter closes with a four-and-a-half-chorus drum solo that pushes the tempo to 284 BPM. The total of twenty-nine solo choruses and the relentless pace make this the set's most physically demanding performance. Corea originally wrote the piece for his fusion group in the late 1980s, and its angular melody and breakneck speed have made it a test piece for jazz musicians. Ending a standards night with a Corea fusion tune is a bold programming choice, but it caps the set with an exclamation point after the relaxed Stompin' at the Savoy. The arc from funky Green Dolphin Street through ballads and bebop to this high-octane closer shows the quartet's range across a single session.
