Stacy Dillard
Tenor Sax Solo on
Birdlike

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Stacy Dillard's tenor sax solo is the 21st of 23 solos on this recording, following Emmet Cohen's piano and followed by Emmet Cohen on piano. Spanning five choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a medium-up 157 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:41. Dillard's tenor playing ranges from intimate ballad statements to forceful uptempo blowing. Stacy Dillard was 44 to 45 years old at the time of this 2022 recording. According to one account, the composition originated when Dameron played unusual chord voicings at a jam session and Gillespie enthusiastically encouraged him to develop them into a complete tune.

Stacy Dillard was 44 to 45 years old at the time.