Without help, a solo diner would have to call it a night after this appetizer.
Tonight and tomorrow Shoreditch Town Hall hosts Chloe Dechery's A Duet Without You, a solo about failing to be a pair.
But now, after going nearly three decades without making a solo record, Mr. Jones has suddenly delivered two in the last three years.
The museum's department of painting and sculpture, its largest and most prestigious division, went 16 years without mounting a solo show of a woman artist: before Murray, the last woman to get a proper MoMA retrospective was Helen Frankenthaler in 1989.
Solos that don't just stick to the chord tones of the song's progression are bolder and more interesting, but it takes an experienced guitar player to be able to play outside of the basic chord scales without making a solo that's ugly or discordant.
The two opening scenes are the most successfully realized, as well as the most naturally suited to Mr. Baryshnikov: "Act Without Words I," a solo piece conceived in 1956 for the dancer Deryk Mendel, and the two-character "Act Without Words II," which Mr. Baryshnikov performs with the inventive young choreographer David Neumann.
Mentions that Evans praised the rendition of "I Love You, Porgy" he did with LaFaro and thereafter almost always played "Porgy" as a solo, without a bass….
One of the great battles for a young dancer is finding the stamina to survive a solo without falling to pieces by the end.
The man takes a solo without leaving his seat, then hands the sax back to his friend, who finishes the song with a reprise of the melody.
It's extraordinary to consider that Dawn French has lived for 30m minutes – or to the age of 56 – without ever having attempted a solo standup show.
