Emmet Cohen
Piano Solo on
You're My Everything

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Emmet Cohen's piano solo on Harry Warren's You're My Everything is the sixth of nine solos in this WBGO broadcast concert. He takes one chorus of the 32-bar AB form at a ballad tempo of 54 BPM in 2/2 meter, a dramatic shift from the fast swing of the preceding You Already Know. The slow tempo demands patience, harmonic sensitivity, and tonal beauty, and Cohen responds with a poised, lyrical solo that explores Warren's lush harmonic landscape. His single-chorus statement captures the intimate atmosphere that ballad performance requires, with each phrase carefully weighted and placed.

Emmet Cohen was 30 to 31 years old at the time.