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Herbie Hancock's piano solo is the closing of 2 solos on this recording, following Freddie Hubbard's trumpet. Spanning three choruses of the 16-Bar form at a moderate 117 BPM with a funk feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:39. Hancock follows with three piano choruses that blend blues vocabulary with modernist harmonic sensibilities, his comping and solo lines revealing the funky underpinning that would later flower in his groundbreaking fusion work. Herbie Hancock was 23 to 24 years old at the time of this 1964 recording. The piece is built on a funky, soul-inflected piano vamp that cycles through three minor chords in F minor over a 16-bar form.
Herbie Hancock was 23 to 24 years old at the time.
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