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Taking the 2nd solo, this piano improvisation spans three choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at a medium-up swing tempo of 186 BPM. Pianist Steven Feifke follows with three choruses of his own at a slightly faster 186 BPM, bringing a pianistic sensibility that honors Monk's compositional voice while asserting his own musical personality. This is the longest solo on the recording in terms of chorus count, suggesting a featured role in the arrangement. The 32-bar AABA form, a staple of the Great American Songbook, offers both structural clarity and ample harmonic terrain for improvisation. Situated between Chad Lefkowitz-Brown's tenor sax solo and Alex Claffy's turn on acoustic bass, it occupies a pivotal spot in the arrangement.
Steven Feifke was 28 to 29 years old at the time.
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