Tatum Greenblatt
Trumpet Solo on
Peace

About

Tatum Greenblatt takes two choruses of trumpet on Horace Silver's "Peace," a ballad at approximately 49 BPM on this Live From Emmet's Place session. Silver's unusual 10-bar form in B-flat creates a compact but emotionally resonant framework for improvisation, and Greenblatt's warm, lyrical trumpet playing draws out the composition's contemplative character. As the first of three soloists, his two choruses over the brief form allow for multiple passes through the melody's harmonic landscape, each one revealing new expressive nuances. The ballad tempo demands sensitivity and patience, qualities that Greenblatt demonstrates throughout this intimate performance.

Tatum Greenblatt was 38 to 39 years old at the time.