Miles Davis
Trumpet Solo on
Salt Peanuts

About

Miles Davis's trumpet solo is the second of four solos on this recording, following Red Garland on piano. Spanning two choruses of the 32-bar AABA form in F at a blazing 340 BPM with a swing feel, red Garland opens with a single piano chorus before Davis enters with two trumpet choruses that navigate the extreme speed with his trademark clarity and space, a remarkable achievement at this tempo. "Salt Peanuts" is a contrafact built on the chord changes of "I Got Rhythm," requiring the soloist to navigate a familiar harmonic framework with a different melodic identity.

Miles Davis was 29 to 30 years old at the time.