Wynton Kelly
Piano Solo on
The Boy Next Door

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Wynton Kelly's piano solo is the second of 3 solos on this recording, following Johnny Griffin's tenor sax and before Johnny Griffin's closing tenor sax statement. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar AB form at a moderate 138 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 56 seconds. Kelly's solo provides an elegant interlude, with his characteristic blend of blues feeling and harmonic sophistication. Wynton Kelly was 24 to 25 years old at the time of this 1956 recording. The Boy Next Door is a popular song composed by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane in 1944 for the MGM musical film Meet Me in St.

Wynton Kelly was 24 to 25 years old at the time.