Štěpán Markovič
Tenor Sax Solo on
Summertime

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Štěpán Markovič's tenor sax solo is the closing of 4 solos on this recording, following Juraj Bartoš's flugal horn. Spanning two choruses of the 16-Bar form at a moderate 126 BPM with a swing feel in A, the solo runs approximately 1:03. The performance captures a genuinely unusual moment in both jazz and political history, as a sitting American president joined local musicians at the Reduta Jazz Club during a state visit. Štěpán Markovič was 36 to 37 years old at the time of this 1994 recording. "Summertime" is a composition by George Gershwin with lyrics by DuBose Heyward, written as the opening aria for the 1935 folk opera Porgy and Bess.

Štěpán Markovič was 36 to 37 years old at the time.