Miles Davis
Trumpet Solo on
Crazeology

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Miles Davis's trumpet solo is the 3rd of 6 on this recording, spanning one chorus at approximately 259 BPM. Set within a swinging rhythmic framework, the 32-bar AABA form and the key of B♭, the solo navigates the chord changes with purpose. 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. Positioned between J. J. Johnson and Duke Jordan, Davis bridges the conversation between the two. The three-horn front line of Parker, Johnson, and Davis navigating these changes at this tempo is a formidable display of collective mastery.

Miles Davis was 20 to 21 years old at the time.