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Miles Davis's trumpet solo is the 2nd of 3 on this recording, spanning one chorus at approximately 300 BPM. Set within a swinging rhythmic framework, the 68-bar AABA' form and the key of F, the solo tests the player's command at high velocity. Built on the chord changes of "The Way You Look Tonight," the harmonic foundation is a familiar one in the jazz repertoire, inviting inventive melodic departures. Positioned between Charlie Parker and Duke Jordan, Davis bridges the conversation between the two. Davis rises to the challenge of the long chorus with growing confidence, and Jordan's half-chorus on piano is a focused display of bebop vocabulary.
Miles Davis was 20 to 21 years old at the time.
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