Miles Davis's bebop contrafact on Indiana gets a unique treatment, with the tempo shifting dramatically mid-performance. Lefkowitz-Brown opens with six choruses on tenor saxophone at 184 BPM, Brecker follows with three on trumpet at a similar tempo, then Cohen launches into six choruses on piano at a startling 276 BPM — nearly doubling the tempo for his solo. The acceleration gives the nearly eleven-minute performance an unusual structural arc, building intensity through speed rather than volume or harmonic complexity. Davis composed the piece in 1947, and its angular melody over familiar chord changes has been a test of bebop fluency ever since. The two-horn format lets Lefkowitz-Brown and Brecker offer contrasting approaches to the same material, while Cohen's tempo-doubling piano solo adds an unexpected twist that distinguishes this version from more conventional readings.
