Wynton Kelly
Piano Solo on
Split Feelin's

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Wynton Kelly's piano solo closes out the improvised statements on this recording, following Hank Mobley's tenor sax. Spanning two choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at an up-tempo 231 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:06. The tune is a contrafact based on the chord changes of "I Got Rhythm." Pianist Wynton Kelly follows with two hard-swinging choruses that demonstrate his encyclopedic command of the bebop piano tradition, his rhythmically inventive comping and soloing complementing Mobley's approach perfectly. Wynton Kelly was 28 to 29 years old at the time of this 1960 recording.

Wynton Kelly was 28 to 29 years old at the time.