Dodo Marmarosa
Piano Solo on
Relaxin' At Camarillo

About

Dodo Marmarosa closes out the solos on piano with one chorus, following Howard McGhee at approximately 201 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. Coming last in the solo order, Marmarosa has the task of building on everything that came before while steering the performance back toward the closing head. Each soloist brings a different flavor, from Gray's cool-toned tenor to Kessel's fluid guitar work to McGhee's brassy bebop trumpet. The groove sits in a comfortable medium-up zone, encouraging flowing melodic invention.

Dodo Marmarosa was 21 to 22 years old at the time.