Benny Benack III
Trumpet Solo on
The Golden Mean

About

Benny Benack III opens the solo section on trumpet, stretching out for three choruses at approximately 149 BPM. Set within a swinging rhythmic framework, the 24-bar Blues form and the key of C, the solo navigates the chord changes with purpose. As the first voice heard after the head, Benack sets the improvisational tone before passing to Anthony D’Alessandro. Trumpeter Benny Benack III opens the solo section with three spirited choruses, his bright, punchy tone cutting through the changes with rhythmic confidence and melodic invention. The form oddly switches from a 24 bar blues to a 12 bar blues on his 3rd chorus.

Benny Benack III was 31 to 32 years old at the time.