Ken Weiner
Tenor Sax Solo on
The Eternal Triangle

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Opening the solo section, this tenor sax improvisation spans five choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at an uptempo 211 BPM. The underlying chord progression is drawn from "I Got Rhythm," making this a contrafact -- a new melody composed over borrowed changes. Weiner's tenor saxophone improvisation unfolds with an assured sense of melodic direction, each phrase building naturally on what came before. The uptempo pace demands rhythmic precision and quick harmonic thinking, with the soloist navigating the changes at speed while maintaining musical direction. Following this solo, Jun Iida takes over on trumpet.

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