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panied solo in which he doubles the tempo. From Measures 5 through 20 the blues is played in "long-meter/' i.e., as if it were based on a 24- instead of a 12-measure pattern. When the slow tempo is resumed for the last third of the chorus, the sluggish­ness has disappeared; for the final chorus (Measures 25-36) Hines
roy eldridge / Trumpet Blues