Miles Davis
Trumpet Solo on
Somethin' Else

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Miles Davis's trumpet solo is the opening of 3 solos on this recording, followed by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto sax. Spanning seven choruses of the 12-Bar form at a medium-up 160 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 2:10. Somethin' Else remains one of the most discussed albums in jazz, partly because of the Davis-Adderley dynamic and partly because the music itself achieves a perfect balance of accessibility and artistic depth. Miles Davis was 31 to 32 years old at the time of this 1958 recording.

Miles Davis was 31 to 32 years old at the time.