Billy Gardner
Piano Solo on
Rouse's Point

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Billy Gardner follows Charlie Rouse with seven choruses on piano, completing the solo section. Taken at a breakneck swing tempo of 306 BPM over the 12-bar Blues in C, the improvisation demands exceptional technical command and quick melodic thinking. Billy Gardner follows with seven piano choruses that maintain the blistering energy, his playing rising to match the standard set by Rouse's explosive tenor work. The solo appears on the 1960 album Yeah!, a significant entry in the artist's discography. "Rouse's Point" is an original composition by tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, recorded for his 1960 album Yeah! on the Epic label.