Dizzy Gillespie
Trumpet Solo on
After Hours

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Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet solo is the opening of 3 solos on this recording, followed by Sonny Rollins on tenor sax. Spanning three choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a relaxed 67 BPM with a swing feel in G, the solo runs approximately 2:11. Dizzy Gillespie opens with three muted trumpet choruses that demonstrate his profound understanding of the blues idiom, a dimension of his artistry sometimes overshadowed by his bebop fireworks. 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.