Kenny Clarke
Drums Solo on
A Night In Tunisia

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Kenny Clarke's drums solo closes out the improvised statements on this recording, following Bud Powell's piano. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a medium-up 196 BPM with a swing feel in D, the solo runs approximately 39 seconds. Gordon's four-and-a-half-chorus solo at 184 BPM over the 32-bar AABA form in D minor is a commanding performance, his big sound and swaggering rhythmic approach bringing a different energy than the composition's trumpet-and-alto-sax origins suggest. Kenny Clarke was 49 to 50 years old at the time of this 1963 recording.

Kenny Clarke was 49 to 50 years old at the time.