Jun Iida
Trumpet Solo on
Along Came Betty

About

Taking the 2nd solo, this trumpet improvisation spans three choruses of the 34-bar ABCD form at a relaxed 109 BPM. The composition by Benny Golson provides a rich harmonic canvas for improvisation. The extended solo length of over 3 minutes allows for a fully developed improvisation with room to build, explore, and resolve musical ideas. Situated between Ken Weiner's tenor sax solo and Paul Kreibich's turn on keyboard, it occupies a pivotal spot in the arrangement.

Jun Iida was 25 to 26 years old at the time.