The quartet closes the set with an unexpected choice — Paul McCartney's pop standard, arranged with a rock feel at a gentle 70 BPM. After the blazing tempo of the preceding Donna Lee, this final number brings the energy down for a reflective ending. The 22-bar AAB form gets three solo statements: Feifke opens with a single chorus on piano, Chmielinski follows with one chorus on acoustic bass, and Lefkowitz-Brown closes the solos with a two-chorus tenor saxophone statement. The performance runs about seven minutes, giving each soloist space to interpret the familiar melody's harmonic structure in a jazz context. McCartney composed the tune in late 1964 after the melody came to him in a dream, and it became one of the most covered songs in recording history. The quartet's decision to end their jazz-heavy program with a Beatles ballad speaks to their inclusive approach to repertoire, treating the pop standard with the same improvisational seriousness they bring to bebop and the Great American Songbook.
