Ben Paterson
Piano Solo on
Can't Get Out of This Mood

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Ben Paterson's piano solo is the sole improvisation on this warm, swinging rendition of the Jimmy McHugh standard from Samara Joy's Grammy-winning Linger Awhile album. Taking a half chorus of the 33-bar ABAC form in F at a relaxed 135 BPM, Paterson delivers a tasteful, melodically driven statement. His playing complements Joy's vocal with its own sense of warmth and rhythmic ease, the piano's bright tone adding sparkle to the arrangement's classic swing feel.

Ben Paterson was 39 to 40 years old at the time.