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Randy Brecker takes nine commanding choruses of trumpet on Thelonious Monk's "Straight, No Chaser," the first of four soloists on this blues in F from the Live From Emmet's Place session. At approximately 192 BPM, Brecker's fusion-influenced trumpet voice brings a distinctive edge to Monk's classic 12-bar blues, his lines blending bebop vocabulary with the harmonic sophistication gleaned from decades at the forefront of jazz-rock. His nine choruses build a compelling narrative over the blues form, establishing the high improvisational standard that defines this performance. As the opening soloist, Brecker sets the stage for the extended blowing session that follows, including Chad Lefkowitz-Brown's remarkable twenty-two-chorus response.
Randy Brecker was 75 to 76 years old at the time.
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