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Art Farmer opens the solo section with one chorus of trumpet on Horace Silver's "Metamorphosis," the most ambitious composition on The Stylings of Silver. Note the 15 bar A sections in this tune. The expansive 80-bar AAB form in D-flat at approximately 203 BPM gives Farmer room to develop an extended musical statement, his melodic inventiveness and harmonic awareness on full display across the form's lengthy terrain. As the first of three soloists, his single chorus navigates the unusual structure with the assurance of a player accustomed to demanding material, the 15-bar A sections creating an asymmetry that keeps the improvisation unpredictable.
Art Farmer was 28 to 29 years old at the time.
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