Paul Gill
Acoustic Bass Solo on
Celia

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Paul Gill's acoustic bass solo is the third and final solo on this 2018 live performance of Bud Powell's "Celia" at Smalls Jazz Club, following Steve Ash's piano and Julieta Eugenio's tenor saxophone. He takes four choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at 194 BPM in B-flat over the rhythm changes. At 57 to 58 years old, Gill brings a veteran's command of the instrument to this extended bass solo, articulating clear melodic lines over the familiar "I Got Rhythm" harmonic framework with rhythmic authority and musical maturity.

Paul Gill was 57 to 58 years old at the time.