The WBGO broadcast opens with Benny Golson's hard bop classic, featuring Melissa Aldana alongside Emmet Cohen's trio. Aldana leads with three choruses on tenor saxophone over the distinctive 34-bar ABCD form at 122 BPM, followed by Cohen's two-chorus piano solo. Golson's unusual through-composed form — four distinct sections with no repeated material — gives the soloists a unique structural challenge compared to the standard AABA tunes that dominate jazz repertoire. Golson composed the piece in 1958, and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers recording from that year established it as a hard bop essential. The eight-and-a-half-minute opener sets a medium-tempo swing feel that lets both soloists establish their rapport before the tempo escalates dramatically on Cohen's original You Already Know. Aldana, a Chilean-born tenor saxophonist who won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, brings a distinctive voice to the familiar material.
