Roy Hargrove
Trumpet Solo on
Crazeology

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Roy Hargrove's trumpet solo is the opening of 4 solos on this recording, followed by Antonio Hart on alto sax. Spanning three choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at a brisk 291 BPM with a swing feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 1:20. The composition is a contrafact based on the chord changes of "I Got Rhythm." Bennie Harris's "Crazeology," listed here as "Little Bennie," is a blazing bebop contrafact on the chord changes of "I Got Rhythm" that serves as one of the most exciting performances on Roy Hargrove's 1990 debut album Public Eye. Roy Hargrove was 20 to 21 years old at the time of this 1990 recording.

Roy Hargrove was 20 to 21 years old at the time.