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Adam here.

Peter's over in Europe, but don't worry.

You're in safe hands.

We're going to have a very good time today.

And if you want proof, here it is.

You're listening to the You'll Hear It Podcast.

Jazz Explained today, we are going to have a little bit of an appreciation, a little bit of an analysis of

Herbie Hancock and Bernie Maupin's amazing actual proof. It's from his 1974 album Thrust,

and it's one of the most iconic tunes from that era from Herbie, or from anyone, anyone really and the tune itself has a bit of

lore around it in Herbie's autobiography he talks about this tune actual proof and about the

groove specifically and about how the record label really wanted something more

commercial and he and his rhythm section of Paul Jackson on the

bass and Mike Clark on the drums had come up with this amazing pocket. And it certainly doesn't

fit into any commercial box whatsoever, but it has a very, very magical and special feel. So

Herbie fought for it. and the record label rep said,

okay, if you can do it in one take, you know, we'll use it. And they did. They did one take of it

and this magical groove. Thank, thank goodness. It stayed with us here and we get to just

bask in its glory. But I'm not really here to talk about the groove today. I'm here to

talk about Herbie's solo and about how in a tune like this that has a form full of landmarks,

we're going to listen to one of the great musicians of his generation or any generation,

use the tune to help play his solo. What does that mean?

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