Peter Zak
Piano Solo on
New Blues

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Opening the solo section, this piano improvisation spans 13 choruses of the 12-bar blues at a medium-up swing tempo of 167 BPM. In a notable departure from convention, pianist Peter Zak opens the solo section with an extraordinary thirteen choruses of blues piano, building a long, arcing narrative that demonstrates his deep command of the blues idiom and his ability to sustain creative momentum over an extended improvisation. This is the longest solo on the recording in terms of chorus count, suggesting a featured role in the arrangement. The 12-bar blues form provides a familiar harmonic framework that invites inventive melodic and rhythmic exploration. Following this solo, Sam Dillon takes over on tenor sax.

Peter Zak was 52 to 53 years old at the time.