Stephen Riley
Tenor Sax Solo on
Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home

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Opening the solo section, this tenor sax improvisation spans twelve choruses of the 12-bar blues at a medium swing tempo of 149 BPM. The extended solo showcases Riley's ability to build and sustain creative momentum over a long improvisation, drawing on the rhythmic vocabulary and melodic wit associated with the Lester Young school of tenor playing. Riley's tenor saxophone improvisation unfolds with an assured sense of melodic direction, each phrase building naturally on what came before. Following this solo, John Brown takes over on acoustic bass.

Stephen Riley was 31 to 32 years old at the time.