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Third Music Session: Third Listening Session

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3rd Listening Session – Focus on the form: 15 points
Is there an introduction to the main melody? Before the main melody begins with Clifford Brown and Jimmy Heath, there is a short four second long introduction in the very beginning of the song, which is played entirely by the piano player John Lewis.
How many measures is “the head” (the main written melody)? Merely based on my listening, the “head”/main written melody is sixteen measures long and is played once in the beginning and once with a slight variation in the end. The slight variation is a “mini” solo for the drummer Kenny Clarke where he plays alone for a very short period of time.

Can you discern the form?
Solely based upon my

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