Victor Goines
Clarinet Solo on
St. Louis Blues

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Victor Goines leads off the solos with two choruses on clarinet, the first of three improvisations on the recording. The Latin groove at 126 BPM over the 16-bar form in F provides a rhythmic foundation that distinguishes the performance from straight-ahead swing. Victor Goines opens the solo section with two choruses of clarinet, his woody, singing tone evoking the instrument's central role in early jazz while his improvisational language reflects a more modern sensibility. Recorded for the album Standards Only in 2001, the performance captures Victor Goines at 39 to 40 years old. Handy in 1914 and published that September through the Pace and Handy Music Company, only the third music publishing company owned by African Americans.

Victor Goines was 39 to 40 years old at the time.