Harold Mabern
Piano Solo on
My One And Only Love

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Closing out the solo section, this piano improvisation spans a half chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 65 BPM. On Harold Mabern's 2014 album Afro Blue, the tune is performed in B-flat with a 32-bar AABA form at a tender 64 beats per minute, preserving the intimate ballad character that has made it a favorite of jazz musicians since the 1950s. 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.