Dan Chmielinski
Acoustic Bass Solo on
Green Dolphin Street

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Dan Chmielinski's acoustic bass solo is the third of 18 solos on this recording, following Steven Feifke's piano and followed by Chad Lefkowitz-Brown on tenor sax. Spanning three choruses of the 32-bar ABAB' form at an up-tempo 182 BPM with a funk feel in E♭, the solo runs approximately 2:09. Lefkowitz-Brown stretches to 15 choruses on the Hancock piece and 14.5 on the Corea, demonstrating sustained creative invention at extreme tempos. 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.