Chet Baker
Trumpet Solo on
The More I See You

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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 one chorus of the 32-bar AA' form at a medium-up 165 BPM with a swing feel in G, the solo runs approximately 47 seconds. Alternate takes like this one offer valuable insight into Baker's creative process, revealing how variations in tempo and feel could produce meaningfully different improvisational results from the same musical material. 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.