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This is solo is a masterclass in phrasing, but to my young teenage ears, it sounded random and chaotic, and didn't make sense.

But over the last week as I've sat down to learn it, playing it at 70% speed reveals that it is chock-full of great blues ideas and melodies. The amazing thing is that Eddie was able to think this fast and deliver all these concepts at warp speed.

There's 'shredding' in a conventional context, which usually involves taking a repeatable, even-spaced phrase and looping it, but this kind of playing is more like bebop - where everything feels less systematic and more like a musician reacting.

It makes learning it far more difficult, because Ed wasn't worrying about slotting in to the grid like a conventional player. There is plenty of groove in this however, it's just that it is freer. I love the way some of the licks bleed over the barline, but it's clear Eddie never has ANY issue keeping the connection to Alex's time, despite how far he may deviate from it. That to me is a skill shared with any great jazz improviser.

Today's the first time I've played it at full speed, so it's still a bit vanilla. But hopefully I'll get a firmer grip on it after practising running around on the desks in the school library ????