Stephen Riley
Tenor Sax Solo on
Tea For Two

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Opening the solo section, this tenor sax improvisation spans three choruses of the 32-bar ABAC form at a medium-up 166 BPM. By choosing such a well-known standard, Riley invites comparison with the great tenor players who have recorded it before him, and he meets the challenge with a performance that is both respectful of the tradition and distinctly his own. 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.