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Paul Desmond's alto sax solo opens the improvised portion of this recording, followed by Dave Brubeck on piano. Spanning five choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a moderate 120 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 2:01. Paul Desmond's five-chorus alto saxophone solo at 120 BPM emerges when the composition shifts to its blues form in F, his cool, bone-dry tone and effortless melodic invention providing an ideal contrast to the rhythmic complexity of the composed sections. Paul's first chorus is a 12 bar blues, but the 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 11th, and 12th measures are in 9/8 instead of 4/4. Paul Desmond was 34 to 35 years old at the time of this 1959 recording.
Paul Desmond was 34 to 35 years old at the time.
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