Confrontation – Kenny Drew, Jr.

This challenging medium-up song has an angular, open-ended sound in some places—and a more bebop-ish vocabulary in others. The A and C sections of this 36-measure AABC form are built around a series of sus chords descending in whole steps. The rhythm section has stop-time figures in most of these sections, similar to David Kikoski's Cecilia or Jonny King's Gnosis.

The bridge switches to a more bebop-ish feel, with descending melodies and harmonies that resolve to G♭ major and then F major. Both the first A section and the bridge end on E♭6(♯11); this chord is vamped for a four-measure "tag" at the end of the C section. There is an interlude before the first solo, with sus chords again but ascending this time; the rhythm section plays a four-measure figure twice, and then a third time with an angular melody added that leads to a break for the first soloist. This interlude is also vamped for the drum solo; the break at the end of the last time is here left empty until the pickup to the top of the out head.

The song ends with a vamp and fade on E♭maj6(♯11) at the end of the C section; note that there is nothing in the melody to indicate that this is the "tonic."

A Concert Condensed Score is available for the sextet arrangement on this recording. The horns begin the A section melody in octaves, then harmonize in thirds on the fourth through seventh measures. The vibes have the melody on the bridge, with the horns playing a simple background harmonized in thirds which can also be used as a background for the solos. The interlude melody is also harmonized mostly in thirds.