Terence Blanchard
Trumpet Solo on
Knocked Out the Box

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Terence Blanchard's trumpet solo is the sole improvisation on this recording. Set at a bright 278 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:06. Blanchard's improvisation unfolds with commanding authority, his bright, penetrating tone cutting through the rhythm section's hard-driving accompaniment with bebop precision and post-bop harmonic daring. Terence Blanchard was 27 to 28 years old at the time of this 1990 recording.

Terence Blanchard was 27 to 28 years old at the time.