Herbie Hancock
Electric Piano Solo on
The Intrepid Fox

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Herbie Hancock's electric piano solo is the last of three solos on this recording, following Joe Henderson on tenor sax. Set in C at a blazing 287 BPM with a swing feel,"The Intrepid Fox" is an extended, open-form composition from Freddie Hubbard's 1970 album Red Clay, featuring three expansive solos over a fast swing groove in C minor. YouTube and Spotify seem to have misnamed 2 tracks from this Red Clay album: The Intrepid Fox and Cold Turkey. The music here is The Intrepid Fox even though YouTube and Spotify say Cold Turkey.

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