Philly Joe Jones
Drums Solo on
Blues No. 2

About

Closing out the solo section, this drums improvisation spans two and a half choruses of the 12-bar blues at a medium-up swing tempo of 192 BPM. 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. Coming after Hank Mobley's tenor sax solo, this is the final improvisation before the ensemble returns to the head.

Philly Joe Jones was 37 to 38 years old at the time.