Thomas Hainbuch
Acoustic Bass Solo on
I Can't Get Started

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Closing out the solo section, this acoustic bass improvisation spans a half chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 67 BPM. Hainbuch's subsequent bass solo maintains the intimate atmosphere, his melodic lines singing through the changes with a vocalist's sense of phrasing. The 32-bar AABA form, a staple of the Great American Songbook, offers both structural clarity and ample harmonic terrain for improvisation. Coming after Jocelyn Gould's electric guitar solo, this is the final improvisation before the ensemble returns to the head.

Thomas Hainbuch was 22 to 23 years old at the time.