Joey Calderazzo
Piano Solo on
It's Only a Paper Moon

About

Joey Calderazzo's one-chorus piano solo is the first of two solos on this reading of Harold Arlen's standard from a 2024 KNKX studio session. Over the 32-bar AABA form at 123 BPM in C, Calderazzo brings the harmonic sophistication and rhythmic authority developed through his long associations with Michael Brecker and Branford Marsalis. As the first soloist in the voice-piano duo format, his chorus establishes the intimate chamber setting where each musician's phrasing and dynamic choices are fully exposed.

Joey Calderazzo was 58 to 59 years old at the time.