Jesse van Ruller's Solo on "The Best Things in Life are Free."

Jesse's album "Here and There" (Criss Cross 2002) has alweays been a personal favourite of mine. He recorded it in 2001, just a few weeks after we jammed at The Crow. (check out Jesse's "Complete Solos at the Crow" here). I remember him telling me he was about to leave for New York to do a recording with David Hazeltine and a few other New York jazz cats. The result was a wonderful album which Criss Cross describes as follows:

"Joined by an assortment of New York's finest, 29-year-old star guitarist Jesse Van Ruller, Holland's first Thelonious Monk Competition Award-winner, emphatically stamps his voice on a meaty program of jazz originals, less-traveled songbook gems, and an original blues. On piano the great David Hazeltine, with bassists Nat Reeves or Frans Van Geest, and Joe Farnsworth or Willie Jones III on drums."
The album starts off with a wonderful rendition of "The Best Things in Life are Free." What a great tune. A week ago I found a trancription of his solo on this tune by Mikko Hilden. I have included the sheet music below.