Percy Heath
Acoustic Bass Solo on
Four on Six

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Percy Heath's acoustic bass solo is the closing of 3 solos on this recording, following Tommy Flanagan's piano. Spanning two choruses of the 16-Bar form at an up-tempo 201 BPM with a swing feel in G, the solo runs approximately 40 seconds. Bassist Percy Heath adds two choruses, his solo bringing a different timbral quality to the proceedings. Percy Heath was 36 to 37 years old at the time of this 1960 recording. The piece is a contrafact based on the chord changes of George Gershwin's Summertime, with Montgomery composing an original melody over the existing harmonic framework.

Percy Heath was 36 to 37 years old at the time.