Wynton Marsalis
Trumpet Solo on
Soon All Will Know

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Wynton Marsalis's trumpet solo is the sole improvisation on this recording. Spanning thirteen choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a medium-up 193 BPM with a swing feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 3:18. Over the course of this marathon blues statement, Marsalis demonstrates his comprehensive command of the blues idiom, drawing on the full history of jazz trumpet from Louis Armstrong through Clifford Brown to his own modern voice. This recording of "Soon All Will Know" comes from Wynton Marsalis' 1986 album Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. Wynton Marsalis was 24 to 25 years old at the time of this 1986 recording.

Wynton Marsalis was 24 to 25 years old at the time.