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Gilad Hekselman opens with two choruses on electric guitar, the first of two solos, followed by Orlando Le Fleming on acoustic bass. Taken at a medium swing tempo of 116 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in D♭, the improvisation proceeds with patient, unhurried deliberation. Gilad Hekselman delivers two inventive electric guitar choruses through the 32-bar AABA form, his modern harmonic sensibility and fluid technique bringing a fresh perspective to the Cool Jazz-era composition. Recorded for the album NY Standard in 2015, the performance captures Gilad Hekselman at 31 to 32 years old. These sessions are widely regarded as a foundational moment in the development of cool jazz, steering the music away from the intensity of bebop toward a more relaxed, harmonically sophisticated aesthetic.
Gilad Hekselman was 31 to 32 years old at the time.
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