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Bud Powell's piano solo closes out the improvised statements on this recording, following Dexter Gordon's tenor sax. Spanning two choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at an up-tempo 244 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:03. The tune is a contrafact based on the chord changes of "Honeysuckle Rose." "Scrapple from the Apple" from Dexter Gordon's 1963 album Our Man in Paris is a thrilling encounter between the towering tenor saxophonist and legendary pianist Bud Powell, recorded at a Parisian studio with bassist Pierre Michelot and drummer Kenny Clarke. Bud Powell was 38 to 39 years old at the time of this 1963 recording.
Bud Powell was 38 to 39 years old at the time.
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