Pasquale Grasso
Electric Guitar Solo on
Sweet Pumpkin

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Pasquale Grasso's electric guitar solo is the sole improvisation on this performance of the lesser-known Ronnell Bright composition from Samara Joy's Grammy-winning Linger Awhile. Navigating just over half a chorus of the 56-bar AA'A form in A-flat at an energetic 207 BPM, Grasso demonstrates the virtuosic command that makes him one of the most distinctive guitarists in contemporary jazz. The tune's extended form provides ample harmonic territory, and Grasso moves through it with the confidence and fluency of a musician deeply steeped in the bebop tradition.

Pasquale Grasso was 33 to 34 years old at the time.