Curtis Fuller
Trombone Solo on
I'm Old Fashioned

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Curtis Fuller's trombone solo opens the improvised portion of this recording, followed by Kenny Drew on piano. Spanning one chorus of the 36-bar ABA'A'' form at a ballad tempo of 78 BPM in E♭, the solo runs approximately 1:53. Curtis Fuller opens with a single chorus of trombone that is a model of ballad phrasing, his warm tone and unhurried delivery drawing out the melody's inherent romanticism. "I'm Old Fashioned" is a ballad performance from John Coltrane's 1957 album Blue Trane, offering a lyrical contrast to the album's more intense up-tempo vehicles. Curtis Fuller was 22 to 23 years old at the time of this 1957 recording.

Curtis Fuller was 22 to 23 years old at the time.