Dan Chmielinski
Acoustic Bass Solo on
Blue Monk

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Dan Chmielinski's acoustic bass solo is the closing of 2 solos on this recording, following Chad Lefkowitz-Brown's tenor sax. Spanning three choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a moderate 100 BPM with a swing feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 1:25. The pianoless trio format places extra harmonic responsibility on Chmielinski's bass lines throughout, and the open texture allows Lefkowitz-Brown's tenor sound to fill the sonic space more fully than a standard quartet arrangement would permit. Dan Chmielinski was 26 to 27 years old at the time of this 2020 recording.

Dan Chmielinski was 26 to 27 years old at the time.