Jeremy Pelt
Trumpet Solo on
Billie's Bounce

About

Taking the 2nd solo, this trumpet improvisation spans three choruses of the 12-bar blues at a medium-up 178 BPM. Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt follows with three choruses of bright, articulate trumpet work. The blues form provides a familiar harmonic framework that allows for inventive melodic and rhythmic exploration within its cyclical structure. The composition by Charlie Parker provides a rich harmonic canvas that rewards the soloist's exploration of its melodic and harmonic possibilities. Situated between Kurt Elling's voice solo and Harold Mabern's turn on piano, it occupies a pivotal spot in the arrangement.

Jeremy Pelt was 37 to 38 years old at the time.