Dan Chmielinski
Acoustic Bass Solo on
'Round Midnight

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Dan Chmielinski's acoustic bass solo is the 7th of 18 solos on this recording, following Bryan Carter's drums and followed by Steven Feifke on piano. Spanning half a chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 39 BPM in E♭, the solo runs approximately 1:40. The ballad performance features half-chorus solos from Chmielinski, Feifke, and Lefkowitz-Brown, demanding the slow-tempo patience and melodic clarity that Monk's music requires. Chimy takes the first solo playing the first half of a chorus. Dan Chmielinski was 27 to 28 years old at the time of this 2021 recording.

Dan Chmielinski was 27 to 28 years old at the time.