Anthony Fung
Drums Solo on
Donna Lee

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Anthony Fung's drum solo is the third and final solo on this 2021 LA Jazz Connection performance of Miles Davis's "Donna Lee," a contrafact on the chord changes of "Indiana." Following Danny Janklow's alto saxophone and Josh Mellicker's electric guitar, he takes two choruses of the 32-bar AB form at 256 BPM with a Latin feel in A-flat. At 27 to 28 years old, Fung brings rhythmic energy and structural awareness to his solo, working within the form while exploiting the Latin groove's polyrhythmic possibilities.

Anthony Fung was 27 to 28 years old at the time.