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Charlie Rouse opens with thirteen choruses on tenor sax, the first of two solos, followed by Billy Gardner on piano. Taken at a brisk swing tempo of 237 BPM over the 12-bar Blues in F, the improvisation moves with confident, driving energy. The extended solo builds in intensity over its considerable length, with Rouse finding new ideas and fresh approaches to the blues form in each successive chorus. Recorded for the album Yeah! in 1960, the performance captures Charlie Rouse at 35 to 36 years old. The track captures Rouse at his most uninhibited, free from the structural demands of Thelonious Monk's compositions and able to stretch out on familiar blues terrain.
Charlie Rouse was 35 to 36 years old at the time.
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