Walter Smith III
Tenor Sax Solo on
We'll Be Together Again

About

The sole improvisation on this recording, this tenor sax improvisation spans a half chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 68 BPM. Walter Smith III's version on his 2018 album Twio presents the tune at approximately 68 beats per minute in the key of C, a slow ballad tempo that demands patience, tone control, and deep melodic imagination. The 32-bar AABA form, a staple of the Great American Songbook, offers both structural clarity and ample harmonic terrain for improvisation.

Walter Smith III was 37 to 38 years old at the time.