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Tigran Hamasyan contributes fourteen choruses on piano, the second of 3 solos on the recording. Taken at a blazing swing tempo of 271 BPM over the 12-bar blues in F, the improvisation requires fleet execution and decisive melodic choices. Tigran Hamasyan follows with a stunning fourteen piano choruses that reveal his unique synthesis of jazz harmony, classical technique, and Armenian folk music influences, building his solo with remarkable narrative logic and dynamic contrast. Recorded for the album NY Standard in 2018, the performance captures Tigran Hamasyan at 30 to 31 years old. Bessie's Blues is an original blues composition by John Coltrane, written in 1964 for the album Crescent on Impulse! Records.
Tigran Hamasyan was 30 to 31 years old at the time.
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