Herbie Hancock - Speak Like A Child (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) Artist_Dave Brubeck Shorter’s goal for the album

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Herbie Hancock - Speak Like A Child (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) Artist_Dave Brubeck Shorter’s goal for the albumFollowing the release of his 1965 masterpiece Maiden Voyage, the brilliant pianist Herbie Hancock wouldnt record his Blue Note follow up until 1968 with the innovative classic Speak Like A Child. The album was a showcase of several aspects of Hancocks artistry: as a pianist, a composer, and an arranger. The session found Hancock expanding his tonal palette by adding the unique coloring of flugelhorn (Thad Jones), bass trombone (Peter Phillips), and