Richie Powell
Piano Solo on
Lands End

About

Closing out the solo section, this piano improvisation spans one chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a medium swing tempo of 145 BPM. Pianist Richie Powell rounds out the solo section with a chorus that explores the minor-key landscape with sensitivity and swing. The 32-bar AABA form, a staple of the Great American Songbook, offers both structural clarity and ample harmonic terrain for improvisation. Coming after Clifford Brown's trumpet solo, this is the final improvisation before the ensemble returns to the head.

Richie Powell was 23 to 24 years old at the time.