Dizzy Gillespie's statement composition for the bebop movement gets a medium-tempo treatment at 115 BPM, with only Cohen and Wolfe soloing — Dillard sits out the solo section. Cohen delivers four choruses on piano over the 32-bar AABA form, and Wolfe follows with three on acoustic bass at a slightly faster 124 BPM. The ten-minute performance without the horn creates a different texture, letting the rhythm section stretch out in a trio setting. Gillespie composed the piece as an anthem for the new jazz language he and Charlie Parker were developing in the 1940s, and its angular melody embodies the bebop aesthetic of virtuosity and harmonic sophistication. The absence of the tenor saxophone gives Wolfe's three-chorus bass solo particular prominence, making this his most extended feature of the evening. Coming after the Latin feel of Lewis's original, the return to swing grounds the set before the next ballad.
