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Richie Powell's piano solo is the third of four solos on this recording, following Clifford Brown on trumpet. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar AABA form in F at a driving 180 BPM with a swing feel, Powell follows with a piano solo that pays subtle homage to the tune's composer while asserting his own voice. "Parisian Thoroughfare" is a contrafact built on the chord changes of "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," requiring the soloist to navigate a familiar harmonic framework with a different melodic identity. Richie Powell was just 22 to 23 years old at the time of this recording, already displaying remarkable maturity.
Richie Powell was 22 to 23 years old at the time.
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