Dave Brubeck
Piano Solo on
Kathy's Waltz

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Dave Brubeck's piano solo closes out the improvised statements on this recording, following Paul Desmond's alto sax. Spanning three choruses of the 36-Bar form at a medium-up 190 BPM with a swing feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 1:43. Brubeck follows with three choruses of piano at 190 BPM, his more percussive approach to the waltz feel providing rhythmic contrast to Desmond's airborne lyricism. "Kathy's Waltz" from Dave Brubeck's 1959 Time Out album is a graceful composition in 3/4 time dedicated to Brubeck's daughter, featuring Paul Desmond and Brubeck in successive solos over a 36-bar form in B-flat. Notice how Brubeck starts to superimpose a 4/4 feel over the 3/4 meter at around the 3:00 mark. Dave Brubeck was 38 to 39 years old at the time of this 1959 recording.

Dave Brubeck was 38 to 39 years old at the time.