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Herbie Hancock wraps up the solo sequence with two choruses on piano, the last of three improvisations. Taken at a medium swing tempo of 139 BPM over the 24-bar AABACD in C, the improvisation unfolds with comfortable, easygoing swing. Herbie Hancock closes the solo sequence with two piano choruses that demonstrate his unique ability to synthesize bebop vocabulary with more modern harmonic concepts. Recorded for the album Speak No Evil in 1964, the performance captures Herbie Hancock at 23 to 24 years old. The piece begins with a tense, harmonized phrase for tenor saxophone and trumpet that pulls in multiple directions before settling into a sauntering blues walk, immediately establishing a foreboding atmosphere.
Herbie Hancock was 23 to 24 years old at the time.
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