Robert Balzar
Acoustic Bass Solo on
My Funny Valentine

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Robert Balzar's acoustic bass solo is the third of 5 solos on this recording, following Juraj Bartoš's flugal horn and followed by Stanislav Mácha on piano. Spanning 0.44 choruses of the 36-bar AABA' form at a ballad tempo of 62 BPM in C, the solo runs approximately 1:03. Robert Balzar contributes an acoustic bass solo, adding textural contrast with arco and pizzicato passages. Robert Balzar was 31 to 32 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.

Robert Balzar was 31 to 32 years old at the time.