Alan Broadbent
Piano Solo on
These Things

About

Taking the 2nd solo, this piano improvisation spans two choruses of the 36-bar AABA form at an uptempo swing feel at 235 BPM. The underlying chord progression is drawn from "All The Things You Are," making this a contrafact—a new melody composed over borrowed changes. Pianist Alan Broadbent follows with two choruses at an increased 235 BPM, demonstrating his remarkable ability to maintain harmonic clarity and melodic beauty even as the tempo climbs. Situated between Doug Webb's tenor sax solo and Putter Smith's turn on acoustic bass, it occupies a pivotal spot in the arrangement.

Alan Broadbent was 66 to 67 years old at the time.