Richie Powell
Piano Solo on
Sandu

About

Taking the 3rd solo, this piano improvisation spans three choruses of the 12-bar blues at a medium swing tempo of 139 BPM. Pianist Richie Powell stretches out over three choruses, revealing his deep feel for the blues idiom. This is the longest solo on the recording in terms of chorus count, suggesting a featured role in the arrangement. The 12-bar blues form provides a familiar harmonic framework that invites inventive melodic and rhythmic exploration. Situated between Harold Land's tenor sax solo and Max Roach's turn on drums, it occupies a pivotal spot in the arrangement.

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