Gary Versace
Organ Solo on
Gone With The Wind

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Gary Versace follows Jonathan Kreisberg with two choruses of organ on "Gone With The Wind" at approximately 196 BPM, exploiting the Hammond organ's sustain and tonal range over the 32-bar ABAC form in E-flat. His solo brings a different textural quality to the Latin-inflected arrangement, the organ's sustained tones and varied registration offering a contrast to Kreisberg's cleaner guitar sound. As the second soloist on this opening track of New For Now, Versace's two-chorus statement demonstrates the organ trio's capacity for timbral variety within a single performance, his playing anchoring the harmonic foundation while also functioning as a compelling lead voice.

Gary Versace was 35 to 36 years old at the time.