Dan Chmielinski
Acoustic Bass Solo on
I'm An Old Cowhand

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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 18-Bar form at a medium-up 154 BPM with a swing feel in E♭, the solo runs approximately 1:23. The tune's novelty-song origins belie the sophisticated harmonic and structural challenges its odd-length form presents to improvisers, who must navigate the unusual phrasing without losing the thread. 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.