John Lewis
Piano Solo on
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John Lewis closes out the solos on piano with two choruses, following Miles Davis at approximately 194 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, Lewis has the task of building on everything that came before while steering the performance back toward the closing head. Lewis brings a more restrained, classically influenced approach to his two choruses that foreshadows his later aesthetic with the Modern Jazz Quartet. The tempo invites both sustained melodic lines and rhythmic interplay with the rhythm section.

John Lewis was 27 to 28 years old at the time.