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Herbie Hancock's piano solo is the opening of 3 solos on this recording, followed by Freddie Hubbard on trumpet. Spanning four choruses of the 28-bar ABAB' form at an up-tempo 182 BPM with a swing feel, the solo runs approximately 2:27. Hancock takes the first solo with four piano choruses that explore the tune's rich harmonic palette with characteristic elegance and invention, his touch ranging from delicate single-note passages to dense, impressionistic chord voicings. Herbie Hancock was 23 to 24 years old at the time of this 1964 recording. "Oliloqui Valley" is an original composition by pianist Herbie Hancock, written for his landmark 1964 album Empyrean Isles on Blue Note Records.
Herbie Hancock was 23 to 24 years old at the time.
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