Herbie Hancock
Piano Solo on
Adam's Apple

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Herbie Hancock's piano solo closes out the improvised statements on this recording, following Wayne Shorter's tenor sax. Spanning two choruses of the 24-bar Blues form at a medium-up 175 BPM with a boogaloo feel in A♭, the solo runs approximately 1:07. Herbie Hancock follows with two choruses of piano, his comping and solo work reflecting the same rhythmic sensibility that made him an ideal accompanist for both Shorter and Miles Davis. "Adam's Apple" is the title track of Wayne Shorter's 1966 Blue Note album, a slinky, groove-based composition that applies a boogaloo feel to a 24-bar blues form in A-flat. Herbie Hancock was 25 to 26 years old at the time of this 1966 recording.

Herbie Hancock was 25 to 26 years old at the time.