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Shai Maestro contributes a single chorus on piano, the third of 4 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium-slow swing tempo of 92 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in A♭, the improvisation proceeds with patient, unhurried deliberation. Shai Maestro delivers a piano chorus that is particularly attuned to Monk's aesthetic, his playing incorporating the kinds of rhythmic surprises and harmonic juxtapositions that made Monk's own improvisations so distinctive. Recorded for the album NY Standard in 2015, the performance captures Shai Maestro at 27 to 28 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.
Shai Maestro was 27 to 28 years old at the time.
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