Sonny Rollins
Tenor Sax Solo on
I Feel A Song Coming On

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Sonny Rollins's tenor saxophone solo is the first of three improvisations on this blazing up-tempo performance of the Jimmy McHugh standard. Taking one chorus of the 56-bar AABA form in E-flat at an exhilarating 331 BPM, Rollins navigates the extended form with rhythmic daring and melodic wit. His ability to construct coherent, swinging ideas at this extreme velocity demonstrates the formidable technical facility and improvisational brilliance that placed him at the forefront of the hard bop movement.

Sonny Rollins was 25 to 26 years old at the time.