Herbie Hancock/Speak Like A Child

I can go for weeks and weeks playing nothing but really ace jazz from about 1957 through to the early 70’s. There is masses of it and if you stick to certain artists and labels you generally speaking can’t go wrong. So Herbie Hancock on Blue Note. Perfect. This is actually far less challenging than some of its ilk, Herbie and his combo are in a somewhat laid back and  incredibly “cool” frame of mind on this album from 1968. At the time the main man was playing in Miles Davis’ quintet along with Wayne Shorter, at a point when Miles was starting to push the boundaries of jazz into new areas that would ultimately result in In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew etc. I think Herbie possibly fancied a chill out session when he recorded Speak Like A Child. And that’s what you get. Chilled. Baby.

Speak Like A Child