Dizzy Gillespie
Trumpet Solo on
On The Sunny Side Of The Street

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Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet solo is the second of 3 solos on this recording, following Sonny Stitt's tenor sax and before Sonny Rollins's closing tenor sax statement. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a moderate 120 BPM with a swing feel in C, the solo runs approximately 1:05. Stitt's solo is characteristically fluid and bebop-rooted, Gillespie's trumpet chorus showcases his brilliant harmonic imagination, and Rollins brings his signature thematic development and rhythmic ingenuity. Dizzy Gillespie was 39 to 40 years old at the time of this 1957 recording.

Dizzy Gillespie was 39 to 40 years old at the time.