Doug Watkins
Acoustic Bass Solo on
Mac The Knife

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Closing out the solo section, this acoustic bass improvisation spans three choruses of the 16-bar form at a medium-up swing tempo of 158 BPM. Doug Watkins rounds out the solo sequence with three choruses of acoustic bass, his rich tone and rhythmic authority providing a compelling solo voice. Coming after Max Roach's drums solo, this is the final improvisation before the ensemble returns to the head.

Doug Watkins was 21 to 22 years old at the time.