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Closing out the solo section, this piano improvisation spans two choruses of the 16-bar blues at a laid-back funk groove at 70 BPM. Pianist Steven Feifke follows with two choruses at a similar tempo around 70 BPM, applying jazz-pianistic sophistication to the funky foundation. The form here is extended to 18 bars instead of the usual 16 bars for this tune. This is the most concise solo on the recording, making every phrase count within a compact space. The 16-bar blues form, an expanded variation of the standard 12-bar blues, offers additional harmonic space for development. Coming after Chad Lefkowitz-Brown's tenor sax solo, this is the final improvisation before the ensemble returns to the head.
Steven Feifke was 28 to 29 years old at the time.
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