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Horace Silver's four-chorus piano solo is the first of two solos on this Latin-feel Silver original from the earlier 1963 session. Over the 32-bar AABA form at 145 BPM in F minor, Silver builds his improvisation with characteristic patience and craft, weaving funky, gospel-tinged phrases through the AABA structure. His left hand punctuates with the percussive comping that became his signature, while his right-hand melodies develop ideas across the four choruses with the kind of long-form narrative logic that distinguishes his best work. The Latin groove connects this track thematically to the album's bossa nova-flavored title track.
Horace Silver was 34 to 35 years old at the time.
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