Julieta Eugenio
Tenor Sax Solo on
The Way You Look Tonight

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Julieta Eugenio's tenor saxophone solo is the first of two solos on this 2017 SIJ Trio performance of Jerome Kern's "The Way You Look Tonight" at Mezzrow. Julieta takes just a short solo over the first A section of the 64-bar AABA form at a blazing 272 BPM in F, amounting to a quarter chorus. Despite the brief space, the fast tempo demands quick melodic thinking and technical precision, and Eugenio's playing is fluid and confident. Sarah Slonim follows on piano with a similarly concise statement.

Julieta Eugenio was 26 to 27 years old at the time.