Kenny Burrell
Electric Guitar Solo on
Lyresto

About

Taking the 2nd solo, this electric guitar improvisation spans two choruses of the 32-bar ABAC form at an uptempo swing feel at 208 BPM. Burrell's guitar solo swings with characteristic warmth and bluesy inflection, his approach rooted in the tradition of Charlie Christian and Grant Green. The 32-bar ABAC form, with its non-repeating final section, offers harmonic variety and a sense of forward motion through the changes. Situated between John Coltrane's tenor sax solo and Tommy Flanagan's turn on piano, it occupies a pivotal spot in the arrangement.

Kenny Burrell was 26 to 27 years old at the time.