Bud Powell
Piano Solo on
Stairway To The Stars

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Bud Powell's piano solo closes out the improvised statements on this recording, following Dexter Gordon's tenor sax. Spanning half a chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 62 BPM in C, the solo runs approximately 1:03. Bud Powell's half-chorus piano solo that follows is a delicate, introspective statement that complements Gordon's expansive approach. "Stairway to the Stars" from Dexter Gordon's 1963 Our Man in Paris album features the tenor saxophonist at his most romantically lyrical, with a one-chorus solo at 62 BPM over Matty Malneck's 32-bar AABA standard in C. 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.