Richie Powell
Piano Solo on
If I Love Again

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Taking the 3rd solo, this piano improvisation spans one chorus of the 36-bar ABAC form at a brisk 262 BPM. The 36-bar ABAC form in F provides an extended harmonic canvas that each soloist navigates with confidence and swing. The 36-bar form provides a defined harmonic landscape for the improvisation. 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.