Wynton Kelly
Piano Solo on
Pfrancing (No Blues)

About

Opening the solo section, this piano improvisation spans two choruses of the 12-bar blues at a medium swing tempo of 146 BPM. Wynton Kelly opens and returns twice during the performance for a total of seven choruses, his blues-drenched piano work providing some of the most soulful playing on the entire album. This is the most concise solo on the recording, making every phrase count within a compact space. The 12-bar blues form provides a familiar harmonic framework that invites inventive melodic and rhythmic exploration. Following this solo, Miles Davis takes over on trumpet.

Wynton Kelly was 29 to 30 years old at the time.