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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 ABAC form at a medium-up 167 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:30. Bud Powell follows with two choruses of piano at 167 BPM, his harmonic inventiveness and rhythmic vitality demonstrating that even during a period of personal difficulty, he remained capable of inspired music-making. "Our Love Is Here to Stay" from Dexter Gordon's 1963 Our Man in Paris album is a graceful medium-tempo treatment of George Gershwin's standard, featuring Gordon's three-chorus tenor saxophone solo at 164 BPM over the 32-bar ABAC form in F. 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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