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Charlie Rouse leads off the solos with six choruses on tenor sax, the first of three improvisations on the recording. Taken at a medium swing tempo of 112 BPM over the 12-bar Blues in F, the improvisation proceeds with patient, unhurried deliberation. "Billy's Blues" is a Charlie Rouse original from the 1960 album Yeah!, a medium-tempo 12-bar blues in F that provides a relaxed framework for extended improvisation. Recorded for the album Yeah! in 1960, the performance captures Charlie Rouse at 35 to 36 years old. Rouse opens with six tenor saxophone choruses, his solo unfolding with the patient, storytelling quality that characterized his best playing.
Charlie Rouse was 35 to 36 years old at the time.
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