Emmet Cohen
Piano Solo on
Hot House

About

Emmet Cohen's piano solo is the second of three solos on this performance, following Sean Jones on trumpet. Spanning three choruses of the 32-bar AABA form in C at a moderate 135 BPM with a swing feel, Cohen delivers extended solos throughout, including an eleven-chorus statement on the Hubbard piece. "Hot House" is a contrafact built on the chord changes of "What Is This Thing Called Love," requiring the soloist to navigate a familiar harmonic framework with a different melodic identity.

Emmet Cohen was 30 to 31 years old at the time.