Emmet Cohen
Piano Solo on
Birdlike

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Emmet Cohen's piano solo is the 22nd of 23 solos on this recording, following Stacy Dillard's tenor sax and before Ben Wolfe's closing acoustic bass statement. Spanning five choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a medium-up 143 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:44. Cohen provides extensive piano solos throughout. Emmet Cohen was 31 to 32 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.

Emmet Cohen was 31 to 32 years old at the time.