Red Garland
Piano Solo on
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

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Red Garland's piano solo is the opening of 5 solos on this recording, followed by Sonny Rollins on tenor sax. Spanning 0.44 choruses of the 72-bar AABA' form at a bright 233 BPM with a swing feel in A♭, the solo runs approximately 33 seconds. Red Garland opens with a partial piano chorus, followed by Rollins's partial tenor saxophone statement, then Chambers on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums, before Rollins returns for a complete final chorus. Red Garland was 32 to 33 years old at the time of this 1956 recording.

Red Garland was 32 to 33 years old at the time.