Peter Bernstein
Electric Guitar Solo on
Do It Again

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Opening the solo section, this electric guitar improvisation spans two choruses of the 24-bar AAB form at a funk groove at 150 BPM. Bernstein's warm, rounded tone and blues-inflected vocabulary make him an ideal interpreter of this material, bridging the worlds of jazz and rock with ease. Bernstein's guitar solo engages with the funk groove, combining rhythmic precision with blues-inflected melodic ideas. The composition by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen provides a rich harmonic canvas that rewards the soloist's exploration of its melodic and harmonic possibilities. Following this solo, Harold Mabern takes over on piano.

Peter Bernstein was 46 to 47 years old at the time.