Tiny Grimes
Electric Guitar Solo on
Red Cross

About

Tiny Grimes's electric guitar solo is the third and final improvisation on this recording, following solos by Parker and Hart. Taking one chorus of the 32-bar AABA form in B-flat at 214 BPM, Grimes delivers a swing-rooted guitar statement over the rhythm changes contrafact. His playing, while more conventional than Parker's revolutionary approach, provides an important historical context for understanding the bebop revolution as it unfolded.

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