Herbie Hancock
Piano Solo on
Empty Pockets

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Herbie Hancock's piano solo is the closing of 3 solos on this recording, following Dexter Gordon's tenor sax. Spanning four choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a moderate 132 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:27. Hancock rounds out the solo section with four choruses of piano that reveal his deep feel for the blues, balancing sophisticated harmonic substitutions with the kind of earthy, rhythmic playing that connects him to the tradition of Horace Silver and other Blue Note piano stylists. Herbie Hancock was 21 to 22 years old at the time of this 1962 recording.

Herbie Hancock was 21 to 22 years old at the time.