Sean Jones
Trumpet Solo on
Hot House

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Sean Jones's trumpet solo is the first of three solos on this performance. Spanning three choruses of the 32-bar AABA form in C at a brisk 140 BPM with a swing feel, Jones demonstrates his versatility across this demanding program, from lyrical ballad statements to high-velocity bebop playing. "Hot House" is a contrafact built on the chord changes of "What Is This Thing Called Love," requiring the soloist to navigate a familiar harmonic framework with a different melodic identity. Jones's trumpet improvisation demonstrates strong melodic construction and rhythmic assurance, building the solo through carefully shaped phrases that balance virtuosity with lyricism.

Sean Jones was 42 to 43 years old at the time.