Art Blakey
Drums Solo on
Blues March

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Art Blakey's drums solo is the second of 4 solos on this recording, following Lee Morgan's trumpet and followed by Benny Golson on tenor sax. Spanning 0.83 choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a moderate 137 BPM with a march feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 19 seconds. Blakey's brief drum feature between the trumpet and tenor solos maintains the march feel with characteristically explosive flair. For some reason, Blakey takes a 10 bar solo over this 12 bar blues form. It might be more of an interlude than a solo. Art Blakey was 38 to 39 years old at the time of this 1958 recording.

Art Blakey was 38 to 39 years old at the time.