Doug Raney
Electric Guitar Solo on
Autumn In New York

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Doug Raney's one-chorus electric guitar solo opens the improvisation on the second take of Vernon Duke's standard. Over the 32-bar ABA'C form at 112 BPM in F, Raney's lines take slightly different melodic paths than in Take 1, illuminating how jazz musicians reimagine the same material from one performance to the next. As the first of three solos, his guitar chorus establishes the slightly more settled quality that distinguishes this version, Duke's sophisticated harmonies providing rich terrain for his clean-toned improvisation.

Doug Raney was 22 to 23 years old at the time.