Ozzie Ahlers: Positively 4th Street, 12/21/79, Keystone

This is a SUPER funky electric piano solo by Ozzie Ahlers on Positively 4th Street. Taken from a fantastic Jerry Garcia Band show: 12/21/79 at the Keystone in Berkeley CA.

Ozzie is mostly playing out of G major pentatonic with a healthy sprinkling of flat 3s. And it is heavily syncopated, just really funky. I wish Ozzie had stayed with the JGB for longer. He gave them a really great, different sound and wasn’t afraid to stand toe-to-toe with Jerry on solos.