Shai Maestro
Electric Piano Solo on
Just Friends

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Shai Maestro opens the solo section on electric piano, stretching out for one chorus at approximately 168 BPM. Set within a funk groove, the 32-bar ABAC form and the key of G, the solo navigates the chord changes with purpose. As the first voice heard after the head, Maestro sets the improvisational tone before passing to Michael Mayo. Shai Maestro's electric piano solo over one chorus of the ABAC form is inventive and stylistically fluid, bridging the tune's jazz heritage with the funk groove that surrounds it. The moderate pace allows the soloist to develop ideas with both rhythmic variety and melodic breadth.

Shai Maestro was 36 to 37 years old at the time.