Herbie Hancock
Electric Piano Solo on
Suite Sioux

About

Herbie Hancock's electric piano solo is the third of four solos on this recording, following Joe Henderson on tenor sax. Spanning two choruses of the 34-bar AABA form in D at a brisk 160 BPM with a swing feel, Hancock contributes two choruses of electric piano that blend jazz sophistication with a contemporary textural sensibility, his voicings and lines adapting the instrument's distinctive sound to the demands of a straight-ahead swing context. Hancock uses the electric piano's distinctive tonal palette to craft an improvisation that balances chordal textures with single-note melodic lines.

Herbie Hancock was 29 to 30 years old at the time.