Jan Konopásek
Baritone Sax Solo on
My Funny Valentine

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Jan Konopásek's baritone sax solo is the opening of 5 solos on this recording, followed by Juraj Bartoš on flugal horn. Spanning 0.44 choruses of the 36-bar AABA' form at a ballad tempo of 62 BPM in C, the solo runs approximately 1:09. Jan Konopasek opens the solo section on baritone saxophone, his warm low register well suited to the ballad's romantic character. Jan Konopásek was 62 to 63 years old at the time of this 1994 recording. My Funny Valentine is a ballad composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, introduced in the 1937 Broadway musical Babes in Arms.

Jan Konopásek was 62 to 63 years old at the time.