Orlando Le Fleming
Acoustic Bass Solo on
Boplicity

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Orlando Le Fleming follows Gilad Hekselman with a half-chorus on acoustic bass, completing the solo section. Taken at a medium swing tempo of 116 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in D♭, the improvisation proceeds with patient, unhurried deliberation. Orlando Le Fleming follows with a half-chorus of acoustic bass that demonstrates his melodic approach to the instrument. Recorded for the album NY Standard in 2015, the performance captures Orlando Le Fleming at 38 to 39 years old. These sessions are widely regarded as a foundational moment in the development of cool jazz, steering the music away from the intensity of bebop toward a more relaxed, harmonically sophisticated aesthetic.

Orlando Le Fleming was 38 to 39 years old at the time.