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Herbie Hancock wraps up the solo sequence with a single chorus on piano, the last of three improvisations. Taken at a medium swing tempo of 105 BPM over the 24-bar ABA in C, the improvisation proceeds with patient, unhurried deliberation. Herbie Hancock contributes a single piano chorus that reveals his extraordinary harmonic imagination, finding surprising pathways through the changes. Recorded for the album Speak No Evil in 1964, the performance captures Herbie Hancock at 23 to 24 years old. The title borrows the giant's cry from Jack and the Beanstalk, fitting the album's suite of mythical and otherworldly themes alongside pieces like Witch Hunt and Dance Cadaverous.
Herbie Hancock was 23 to 24 years old at the time.
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