Chet Baker
Trumpet Solo on
How Long Has This Been Going On?

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Chet Baker's trumpet solo is the opening of 2 solos on this recording, before Kenny Drew's closing piano statement. Spanning a quarter chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 71 BPM in G, the solo runs approximately 28 seconds. The Gershwin melody is one of the most harmonically sophisticated standards in the repertoire, and the arrangement wisely keeps the texture lean, letting the beauty of the composition and Baker's vulnerable delivery occupy center stage. Chet Baker was 28 to 29 years old at the time of this 1958 recording.

Chet Baker was 28 to 29 years old at the time.