Donald Byrd
Trumpet Solo on
Lush Life

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Donald Byrd's trumpet solo closes out the improvised statements on this recording, following Red Garland's piano. Spanning one chorus of the 26-bar AA' form at a ballad tempo of 53 BPM in D♭, the solo runs approximately 1:58. Donald Byrd closes with a single trumpet chorus of understated beauty at an extremely deliberate tempo of 53 beats per minute. "Lush Life" is a performance of Billy Strayhorn's celebrated art song from the 1958 sessions included on John Coltrane's album of the same name. Donald Byrd was 25 to 26 years old at the time of this 1958 recording.

Donald Byrd was 25 to 26 years old at the time.