Speak Like a Child | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 1968[1] | |||
Recorded | March 6 and 9, 1968 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
Genre | Hard bop, jazz | |||
Length | 37:05 original LP | |||
Label | Blue Note BST 84279″ | |||
Producer | Duke Pearson | |||
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Allmusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Speak Like a Child, the sixth album by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, which was recorded and released by Blue Note Records in 1968, features Hancock's arrangements for an unusual front line of Jerry Dodgion on alto flute, Peter Phillips on bass trombone, and Thad Jones on flugelhorn. Critic Nat Hentoff described the album as an "impressive further stage in the evolution of Herbie Hancock as writer and player," saying it is characterized by a "singular quality of incisive, searching lyricism." Unusually, none of the wind players perform solos on any song. The rhythm section is bassist Ron Carter and drummer Mickey Roker.
The cover photograph was taken by David Bythewood, an acquaintance of Hancock. The photo depicts Hancock in silhouette kissing his wife-to-be, Gigi Meixner.[5]