Jun Iida
Trumpet Solo on
The Eternal Triangle

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Taking the 2nd solo, this trumpet improvisation spans four choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at an uptempo 213 BPM. The underlying chord progression is drawn from "I Got Rhythm," making this a contrafact -- a new melody composed over borrowed changes. The 32-bar AABA form, a cornerstone of the jazz repertoire, provides both structural clarity and harmonic variety, particularly through its contrasting bridge section. 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.