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Here’s what happens when a jazz musician learns on the fly how to play Highway Star, from scratch. On Hammond.

Jazz legend Larry Goldings takes on the challenge of learning Deep Purple’s “Highway Star” as fast as possible. Known for his soulful touch and deep harmonic vocabulary, Larry breaks down the driving rock energy of the song, learns every part note for note, and brings it to life through his own jazz-infused style.

Of particular interest is the second (guitar) solo, where they decided to completely forego the original and just improvise.

Thanks to Pianote for the video, and to Uwe and Simon for bringing it to your attention.

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Posted by Nick on Monday, November 17th, 2025, filed under Blog. You can follow comment on this post through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a comment. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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