Wycliffe Gordon
Trombone Solo on
Mood Indigo

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Wycliffe Gordon returns for a quarter-chorus on trombone, the second of two trombone solos in the arrangement. Taken at a medium-slow swing tempo of 71 BPM over the 32-bar AB in B♭, the improvisation proceeds with patient, unhurried deliberation. The AB form in B-flat is presented at a slow swing tempo, and Gordon takes two brief quarter-chorus trombone solos at different points in the arrangement, an approach that mirrors the original Ellington conception where the trombone served as a featured color within a larger orchestral texture. Recorded for the album Standards Only in 2001, the performance captures Wycliffe Gordon at 33 to 34 years old.

Wycliffe Gordon was 33 to 34 years old at the time.