Richie Powell
Piano Solo on
Pent-Up House

About

Richie Powell's piano solo is the third of four improvisations on this recording, following solos by Brown and Rollins. Taking six choruses of the 16-bar form in G at 187 BPM, Powell delivers his most extended solo on the album. The lengthy improvisation reveals the depth of his pianistic resources, his bebop vocabulary navigating the compact 16-bar form through six varied choruses that maintain interest and demonstrate his ability to sustain invention alongside the formidable horn players.

Richie Powell was 24 to 25 years old at the time.