Erroll Garner
Piano Solo on
Cool Blues

About

Erroll Garner's piano solo is the 2nd of 3 on this recording, spanning two choruses at approximately 163 BPM. Set within a swinging rhythmic framework, the 12-bar Blues form and the key of C, the solo navigates the chord changes with purpose. Positioned between Charlie Parker and Red Callender, Garner bridges the conversation between the two. The quartet setting from these post-Camarillo Dial sessions pairs Parker with Garner's distinctive pianistic approach, which favored lush chords and a behind-the-beat rhythmic feel quite different from the more linear bebop pianists Parker usually employed.

Erroll Garner was 25 to 26 years old at the time.