Ron Carter
Acoustic Bass Solo on
Oliloqui Valley

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Ron Carter's acoustic bass solo is the closing of 3 solos on this recording, following Freddie Hubbard's trumpet. Spanning two choruses of the 28-bar ABAB' form at a medium-up 175 BPM with a swing feel, the solo runs approximately 1:16. Ron Carter contributes two bass choruses that reveal his extraordinary melodic imagination, his arco and pizzicato lines maintaining harmonic interest even without chordal accompaniment. Ron Carter was 26 to 27 years old at the time of this 1964 recording. "Oliloqui Valley" is an original composition by pianist Herbie Hancock, written for his landmark 1964 album Empyrean Isles on Blue Note Records.

Ron Carter was 26 to 27 years old at the time.