Miles Davis
Trumpet Solo on
Blue 'n' Boogie

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Miles Davis's trumpet solo is the last of five solos on this recording. Spanning two choruses of the 12-bar Blues form in B♭ at a blazing 271 BPM with a swing feel, Davis opens with nine fiery trumpet choruses that reveal a more aggressive, rhythmically forceful side of his playing than the cool aesthetic he had been associated with, signaling the stylistic shift that would define his mid-1950s work. Miles Davis was 27 to 28 years old at the time of this recording.

Miles Davis was 27 to 28 years old at the time.