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Closing out the solo section, this drums improvisation spans six choruses of the 24-bar blues at a medium-up swing tempo of 181 BPM. Harland's solo over the 24-bar blues structure is both architecturally coherent and spontaneously exciting, using the form as a scaffolding for ideas that range from delicate brush work to explosive polyrhythmic passages. This is the longest solo on the recording in terms of chorus count, suggesting a featured role in the arrangement. The 24-bar form provides a defined harmonic landscape for the improvisation. Coming after Walter Smith III's tenor sax solo, this is the final improvisation before the ensemble returns to the head.
Eric Harland was 41 to 42 years old at the time.
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