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John Lewis closes out the solos on piano with one chorus, following Miles Davis at approximately 221 BPM. Set within a swinging rhythmic framework, the 32-bar AA' form and the key of F, the solo navigates the chord changes with purpose. The tune borrows its harmonic structure from "All God's Chillun 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, Lewis has the task of building on everything that came before while steering the performance back toward the closing head. The AA' form, dispensing with the usual bridge section, gives the tune a more linear, forward-driving quality than standard AABA structures.
John Lewis was 26 to 27 years old at the time.
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