Gary Versace
Organ Solo on
Peru

About

Gary Versace follows Jonathan Kreisberg with two choruses of organ on "Peru" at approximately 205 BPM, his playing responsive to the composition's Latin rhythmic character while bringing his own harmonic personality to the solo. The unusual 34-bar form in E major provides an uncommon structural framework for organ improvisation, and Versace navigates it with the fluency and inventiveness that characterize his work throughout New For Now. As the second soloist, his two-chorus statement adds a different timbral dimension to the performance, the organ's sustained sound and varied registration offering a natural contrast to Kreisberg's cleaner guitar timbre.

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