Sean Jones
Trumpet Solo on
Danny Boy

About

Sean Jones's trumpet solo is the first of two solos on this performance, followed by Emmet Cohen on piano. Spanning one and a half choruses of the 32-bar ABC form in D at a slow 79 BPM with a ballad feel, Jones demonstrates his versatility across this demanding program, from lyrical ballad statements to high-velocity bebop playing. "Danny Boy" is a contrafact built on the chord changes of "Londonderry Air," requiring the soloist to navigate a familiar harmonic framework with a different melodic identity.

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