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Herbie Hancock closes "Survival of the Fittest" with a commanding open-form piano solo at approximately 284 BPM, his improvisation ranging from sparse, angular passages to dense, cluster-filled climaxes that push the Maiden Voyage album closest to the free jazz movement. His playing spans nearly two and a half minutes, the extended statement bringing the most adventurous track on the album to its resolution. Following solos by Tony Williams, Freddie Hubbard, and George Coleman, Hancock's piano serves as both the harmonic anchor and the final voice in a performance that captures the spirit of creative competition defining the mid-1960s jazz scene.
Herbie Hancock was 24 to 25 years old at the time.
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