David Meder
Piano Solo on
This I Dig of You

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Closing out the solo section, this piano improvisation spans two choruses of the 32-bar ABAC form at an uptempo swing feel at 235 BPM. Meder follows with a crisp two-chorus piano solo that brings his own harmonic sensibility to Mobley's changes. This is the most concise solo on the recording, making every phrase count within a compact space. The 32-bar ABAC form, with its non-repeating final section, offers harmonic variety and a sense of forward motion through the changes. Coming after Chad Lefkowitz-Brown's tenor sax solo, this is the final improvisation before the ensemble returns to the head.

David Meder was 26 to 27 years old at the time.