Jimmy Bunn
Piano Solo on
Max Making Wax

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Jimmy Bunn closes out the solos on piano with one chorus, following Charlie Parker at approximately 335 BPM. Set within a swinging rhythmic framework, the 32-bar AABA form and the key of C, the solo tests the player's command at high velocity. The tune borrows its harmonic structure from "I Got Rhythm," a set of changes that generations of improvisers have used as a testing ground for new ideas. Coming last in the solo order, Bunn has the task of building on everything that came before while steering the performance back toward the closing head. The track showcases the sheer technical command required of bebop musicians at the style's upper tempo limits.