Harold Mabern
Piano Solo on
Fools Rush In

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Closing out the solo section, this piano improvisation spans one chorus of the 32-bar ABAC form at a Latin feel at 100 BPM. Mabern follows with his own full chorus on piano, bringing his signature blues-drenched touch to the changes. Mabern's piano solo engages with the Latin feel through rhythmically varied phrasing and harmonic exploration. The through-composed final section of the ABAC form demands particular melodic invention, as the harmony moves into territory not heard earlier in the form. Coming after Eric Alexander's tenor sax solo, this is the final improvisation before the ensemble returns to the head.

Harold Mabern was 77 to 78 years old at the time.