Stanislav Mácha
Piano Solo on
My Funny Valentine

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Stanislav Mácha's piano solo is the 4th of 5 solos on this recording, following Robert Balzar's acoustic bass and before Bill Clinton's closing tenor sax statement. Spanning 0.56 choruses of the 36-bar AABA' form at a ballad tempo of 61 BPM in C, the solo runs approximately 1:20. Stanislav Macha takes a piano solo that explores the harmonic richness of the changes with tasteful chord voicings and melodic invention. Stanislav Mácha was 22 to 23 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.

Stanislav Mácha was 22 to 23 years old at the time.