Russell Hall
Acoustic Bass Solo on
I Remember You

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Russell Hall follows Emmet Cohen with three choruses of acoustic bass on "I Remember You" at approximately 191 BPM, closing out this Live From Emmet's Place session's final tune. His solo over the 36-bar AABA form in F demonstrates melodic invention and rhythmic authority, the bass feature providing a fitting conclusion to the evening's program. Following Cohen's three-chorus piano solo, Hall's equally substantial statement brings the performance to a satisfying end, his warm tone and assured phrasing capping off a session that balanced up-tempo blowing vehicles, bossa novas, ballads, and swinging standards.

Russell Hall was 26 to 27 years old at the time.