Josh Nelson
Piano Solo on
Holding On to Autumn

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Josh Nelson closes out the solos on piano with one chorus, following Jun Iida at approximately 100 BPM. Set within a straight feel, the 40-bar AABAA form and the key of C, the solo allows for nuanced, expressive phrasing. Coming last in the solo order, Nelson has the task of building on everything that came before while steering the performance back toward the closing head. Pianist Josh Nelson follows with his own chorus at a nearly identical tempo, his playing responding to and extending the emotional narrative established by Iida's trumpet, with harmonic explorations that illuminate the composition's rich chord changes.

Josh Nelson was 44 to 45 years old at the time.