Sonny Rollins
Tenor Sax Solo on
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

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Sonny Rollins's tenor sax solo is the second of 5 solos on this recording, following Red Garland's piano and followed by Paul Chambers on acoustic bass. Spanning 0.56 choruses of the 72-bar AABA' form at a bright 231 BPM with a swing feel in A♭, the solo runs approximately 43 seconds. "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" is Sonny Rollins's interpretation of Richard Rodgers's waltz from his 1956 album Tenor Madness, an unusually structured performance featuring five soloists navigating the extended 72-bar AABA' form in A-flat. 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.