Sam Dillon
Tenor Sax Solo on
New Blues

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Closing out the solo section, this tenor sax improvisation spans ten choruses of the 12-bar blues at a medium-up swing tempo of 177 BPM. Sam Dillon's original composition "New Blues" from his 2018 album Out in the Open is a medium-tempo swing blues in F that provides an open framework for extended improvisation. This is the most concise solo on the recording, making every phrase count within a compact space. The 12-bar blues form provides a familiar harmonic framework that invites inventive melodic and rhythmic exploration. Coming after Peter Zak's piano solo, this is the final improvisation before the ensemble returns to the head.