Gilad Hekselman
Electric Guitar Solo on
In Walked Bud

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Gilad Hekselman opens the solo sequence with a single chorus on electric guitar, the first of 4 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium-slow swing tempo of 89 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in A♭, the improvisation proceeds with patient, unhurried deliberation. Gilad Hekselman leads with a single guitar chorus that captures the tune's angular charm with modern harmonic vocabulary. Recorded for the album NY Standard in 2015, the performance captures Gilad Hekselman at 31 to 32 years old. In Walked Bud is a jazz composition by Thelonious Monk, written in 1947 as a tribute to his friend and fellow pianist Bud Powell.

Gilad Hekselman was 31 to 32 years old at the time.