McCoy Tyner
Piano Solo on
Homestretch

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McCoy Tyner's piano solo is the closing of 3 solos on this recording, following Kenny Dorham's trumpet. Spanning four choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a bright 277 BPM with a swing feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 42 seconds. Trumpeter Kenny Dorham follows with four tightly constructed choruses, and pianist McCoy Tyner contributes four hard-driving choruses of his own. McCoy Tyner was 24 to 25 years old at the time of this 1963 recording.

McCoy Tyner was 24 to 25 years old at the time.