Ken Weiner
Tenor Sax Solo on
Strappado

About

Opening the solo section, this tenor sax improvisation spans four choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at a medium-up 188 BPM. Weiner's tenor saxophone improvisation unfolds with an assured sense of melodic direction, each phrase building naturally on what came before. The bridge section of the AABA form introduces a contrasting harmonic area that tests the soloist's ability to navigate the shift and return smoothly to the A section material. Following this solo, Jun Iida takes over on trumpet.

Ken Weiner was 43 to 44 years old at the time.