Victor Feldman
Piano Solo on
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You

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Opening the solo section, this piano improvisation spans a half chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 53 BPM. Victor Young's "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" is performed as a tender ballad on Wes Montgomery's 1960 album Movin' Along for Riverside Records. Feldman's piano solo takes a reflective approach suited to the ballad context, with rich harmonic voicings and lyrical single-note lines. At this slow tempo, the space between notes becomes as important as the notes themselves, demanding patience and a singing quality to sustain musical interest. Following this solo, Wes Montgomery takes over on electric guitar.

Victor Feldman was 25 to 26 years old at the time.