Charlie Shavers
Trumpet Solo on
Blue Moon

About

Charlie Shavers's quarter-chorus trumpet solo is the second of three solos on this reading of the Rodgers and Hart standard. Shavers takes the bridge in between Flip Phillips's tenor solo over the A sections. At 126 BPM over the bridge of the 32-bar AABA form in A-flat, Shavers adds a bright, punchy accent that contrasts with Phillips's warmer tenor sound. This interlocking arrangement, with each horn taking different sections of the same chorus, creates a compact but colorful instrumental interlude within Holiday's vocal performance.

Charlie Shavers was 31 to 32 years old at the time.