Herbie Hancock
Piano Solo on
The Egg

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Herbie Hancock's piano solo is the third of 4 solos on this recording, following Ron Carter's acoustic bass and before Tony Williams's closing drums statement. Played with a free feel in E, the solo runs approximately 3:43. "The Egg" is the most experimental track on Herbie Hancock's Empyrean Isles, a sprawling, multi-sectioned composition that pushes the quartet into free and semi-structured territory. Herbie Hancock was 23 to 24 years old at the time of this 1964 recording. Hancock intentionally left portions of the piece without predetermined melodic lines, giving the soloists freedom to supply their own melodies over the chord changes.

Herbie Hancock was 23 to 24 years old at the time.