Sonny Rollins
Tenor Sax Solo on
When Your Lover Has Gone

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Sonny Rollins's tenor sax solo is the opening of 4 solos on this recording, followed by Red Garland on piano. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar ABAC form at a moderate 109 BPM with a swing feel in E♭, the solo runs approximately 1:12. Rollins opens with a tenor saxophone solo at a medium tempo of 109 beats per minute that demonstrates his gift for melodic transformation, taking the song's familiar contours and reshaping them into something distinctly personal while maintaining the emotional core of the original. Sonny Rollins was 25 to 26 years old at the time of this 1956 recording.

Sonny Rollins was 25 to 26 years old at the time.