Wynton Kelly
Piano Solo on
Smoke Stack

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Wynton Kelly's piano solo is the closing of 6 solos on this recording, following John Coltrane's tenor sax. Spanning six choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a bright 229 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:16. This alternate opens identically with Wynton Kelly's two-chorus piano introduction, followed by Griffin's nine choruses of tenor saxophone. Wynton Kelly was 25 to 26 years old at the time of this 1957 recording. "Smoke Stack" is a twelve-bar blues composed by tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin for his 1957 Blue Note album A Blowing Session.

Wynton Kelly was 25 to 26 years old at the time.