Musician Kevin Castro of Pianote challenged legendary jazz keyboardist Larry Goldings to learn a song completely outside his wheelhouse as quickly as possible, selecting Deep Purple’s “Highway Star” for the experiment. Goldings tackled the rock classic note for note, absorbing its driving energy and breaking down each section before mastering the entire track in just over two hours after his first exposure to it. The jazz legend translated the song through his soulful touch and harmonic vocabulary, demonstrating how deep musical understanding transcends genre boundaries when a skilled player commits to learning something new.