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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.
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