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Opening the solo section, this electric guitar improvisation spans eight choruses of the 12-bar blues at an uptempo swing feel at 234 BPM. The underlying chord progression is drawn from "Blues For Alice," making this a contrafact—a new melody composed over borrowed changes. This is the longest solo on the recording in terms of chorus count, suggesting a featured role in the arrangement. The 12-bar blues form provides a familiar harmonic framework that invites inventive melodic and rhythmic exploration. Following this solo, Tommy Flanagan takes over on piano.
Kenny Burrell was 26 to 27 years old at the time.
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