Tiny Grimes
Electric Guitar Solo on
Romance Without Finance

About

Tiny Grimes's electric guitar solo is the third and final improvisation on this recording, following solos by Parker and Hart. Taking one full chorus of the 32-bar AABA form in E-flat at 191 BPM, Grimes delivers the most extended solo on the track. His electric guitar work, rooted in the swing tradition, provides a grounding contrast to Parker's more adventurous harmonic conception, his single-chorus statement demonstrating the confident, blues-based vocabulary of the session leader.

Tiny Grimes was 27 to 28 years old at the time.