The second tune brings the set's most extended and intense performance — all four members solo over Herbie Hancock's unusual 20-bar post-bop form at a blazing 257 BPM. Lefkowitz-Brown stretches to fifteen choruses on tenor saxophone, Feifke delivers nine on piano, and both Chmielinski and Carter take five-chorus solos on bass and drums respectively. Carter's drum solo pushes the tempo past 274 BPM, and the total of thirty-four solo choruses makes this the longest individual performance of the session at nearly twelve minutes. Hancock composed One Finger Snap for his 1964 Blue Note album Empyrean Isles, and its unconventional form length gives the solos a different rhythmic character than the standard 32-bar tunes surrounding it. The short cycle means the changes come around quickly, demanding constant forward momentum. Following the funky Green Dolphin Street opener, this uptempo burner establishes the high-energy side of the program before the set shifts to a ballad.
