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Oscar Peterson's piano solo is the second of three solos on Lester Young's original "Red Boy Blues" from the 1955 Pres & Sweets session. Peterson takes two choruses of blues in F at approximately 119 BPM, occupying the middle position between Edison's three-chorus opener and Young's two-chorus closer. Peterson's piano blues combines technical brilliance with authentic blues feeling, deploying his sophisticated harmonic vocabulary over the fundamental 12-bar structure. The medium tempo provides space for both melodic development and the fleet runs that characterized his style, bridging the approaches of the two horn soloists.
Oscar Peterson was 29 to 30 years old at the time.
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