Bobby Timmons
Piano Solo on
Well, You Needn't

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Bobby Timmons's one-chorus piano solo is the fourth of five solos on this reading of the Monk composition. Over the 32-bar AABA form at 128 BPM in F, Timmons's soulful, percussive style offers an interesting contrast to Monk's own spare, angular pianism heard on the original recording. At 19 to 20 years old during this session, Timmons brings a blues-drenched approach that interprets Monk's composition through his own emerging musical personality rather than attempting to imitate the composer's distinctive touch.

Bobby Timmons was 19 to 20 years old at the time.