Jonathan Kreisberg
Electric Guitar Solo on
All or Nothing at All

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Jonathan Kreisberg takes two choruses of electric guitar on "All Or Nothing At All," a Latin-tinged interpretation of the Arthur Altman standard that closes the album New For Now. The extended 64-bar AABA form in A minor at 220 BPM provides a generous harmonic canvas, and Kreisberg's playing alternates between lyrical passages and more rhythmically charged phrases that interact with the Latin feel. As the first of two soloists, his two-chorus statement moves through the lengthy form with structural awareness and melodic invention, the Latin pulse giving his improvisation a rhythmic character distinct from the album's swing-based tracks.

Jonathan Kreisberg was 31 to 32 years old at the time.