Clifford Brown
Trumpet Solo on
The Blues Walk

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Clifford Brown's trumpet solo is the first of four solos on this recording. Spanning six choruses of the 12-bar Blues form in B♭ at a vigorous 240 BPM with a swing feel, Brown himself leads the solo section with six authoritative choruses of trumpet, building from conversational phrases into passages of blistering virtuosity while maintaining the earthy, bluesy character of the composition. Harold Land plays backgrounds on chorus 3 and 4 of Clifford Brown's solo. Clifford Brown was 24 to 25 years old at the time of this recording.

Clifford Brown was 24 to 25 years old at the time.