Jymie Merritt
Acoustic Bass Solo on
Are You Real

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Jymie Merritt's acoustic bass solo is the closing of 4 solos on this recording, following Bobby Timmons's piano. Spanning one chorus of the 36-bar ABAB' form at a bright 220 BPM with a swing feel in E♭, the solo runs approximately 39 seconds. Bobby Timmons contributes a single chorus of bluesy piano, and bassist Jymie Merritt closes the solo sequence with a well-constructed chorus after Blakey's extended drum feature. Jymie Merritt was 31 to 32 years old at the time of this 1958 recording.

Jymie Merritt was 31 to 32 years old at the time.