Ari Roland
Acoustic Bass Solo on
Everything Happens To Me

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Ari Roland's acoustic bass solo is the second of two improvisations on this recording, following Grasso's guitar solo. Taking a half chorus of the 32-bar AABA form in E-flat at 208 BPM, Roland delivers a melodically inventive walking-bass improvisation that demonstrates his facility at this demanding up-tempo pace. His warm acoustic tone and clear articulation allow each phrase to speak with definition against the rhythmic backdrop, adding a textural contrast to Grasso's preceding guitar statement.