Steven Feifke
Piano Solo on
Tenor Madness

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Closing out the solo section, this piano improvisation spans six choruses of the 12-bar blues at a medium-up swing tempo of 188 BPM. Pianist Steven Feifke follows with six choruses at a slightly faster 188 BPM, bringing his own substantial contribution to the blues-based material. This is the most concise solo on the recording, making every phrase count within a compact space. The 12-bar blues form provides a familiar harmonic framework that invites inventive melodic and rhythmic exploration. 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.