Mike Saul
Keyboard Solo on
Grinder

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Mike Saul's keyboard solo opens the improvisation on this live funk performance with its slow, grinding groove. At 92 BPM in F minor with an open form, Saul delivers an extended statement exploring the dark harmonic territory over the heavy, deliberate funk pocket. As the first of three progressively longer solos, his keyboard improvisation establishes the brooding intensity suggested by the tune's title, the slow tempo and minor tonality creating an insistent, simmering atmosphere.