Wynton Kelly
Piano Solo on
Fifth House

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Wynton Kelly's piano solo is the second solo on this recording, following John Coltrane on tenor sax. Spanning two choruses of the 32-bar AABA form in C at a driving 216 BPM with a swing feel, Kelly responds with two fluent choruses that balance bebop precision with blues feeling, supported by Chambers and Cobb's unwavering swing. "Fifth House" is a contrafact built on the chord changes of "What Is This Thing Called Love," requiring the soloist to navigate a familiar harmonic framework with a different melodic identity. Wynton Kelly was 27 to 28 years old at the time of this recording.

Wynton Kelly was 27 to 28 years old at the time.