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Recent Benchmark Solos


Matthew

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I have been thinking of this for awhile, and reading Jeffcrom's blog really brought this question into focus. In his blog he writes of the famous Charlie Parker JATP solo of Lady Be Good. Of course, reading that, made me think of other famous solos -- Getz on Early Autumn, Miles on 'Round Midnight at the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival, Rollins on St. Thomas, or a Jess Stacy on Sing, Sing, Sing. It all got me to thinking how I rarely, if ever, I hear anyone talking about an influential solo that was recorded from 1980 on. All these solos I mentioned were benchmarks that writers referred to constantly. So my question is this: Are there any post 1980 solos that critics or musicians refer to as benchmark?

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