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Herbie Hancock's lackluster string of electric albums around this period was enhanced by this one shining exception: an incorrigibly eclectic record that flits freely all over the spectrum. Using several different rhythm sections, Herbie Hancock is much more the imaginative hands-on player than at any time since the prime Headhunters period, overdubbing lots of parts from his ever-growing collection of keyboards. He has regained a good deal of his ability to ride in the groove. "Calypso" finds him playing synthesized steel drums and interacting with customary complexity and ebullience with V.S.O.P. mates Tony Williams and Ron Carter. Disco rears its head, but inventively this time on "Just Around the Corner," and in league with Jaco Pastorius' vibrating, interlacing bass, Hancock gets off some good, updated jazz-funk on "Spiraling Prism" and "4 AM." There is even a reunion of the original Headhunters on a rhythmically tangled remake of "Shiftless Shuffle"; drummer Harvey Mason sounds like a rhythm machine gone bonkers. Easily the outstanding track -- and one of Hancock's most haunting meditations -- is "Textures," where he plays all of the instruments himself. This would be the last outcropping of electronic delicacy from Hancock for some time, and it was mostly -- and unjustly -- overlooked when it came out.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Associated Performer, Composer, Piano, Producer - Byron Miller, Bass - Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Drums - Bill Summers, Percussion - David Rubinson & Friends, Producer - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer - LESLIE ANN JONES, Recording Engineer - BOB KOVACH, Recording Engineer - David Rubinson, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Associated Performer, Composer, Piano, Producer - David Rubinson & Friends, Producer - Sheila Escovedo, Percussion - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer - Tony Williams, Drums - LESLIE ANN JONES, Recording Engineer - BOB KOVACH, Recording Engineer - Ron Carter, Bass - David Rubinson, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Associated Performer, Composer, Piano, Producer - Melvin Ragin, Composer - Freddie Washington, Bass, Composer - Wah Wah Watson, Guitar - Alphonse Mouzon, Drums - Sheila Escovedo, Percussion - David Rubinson & Friends, Producer - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer - LESLIE ANN JONES, Recording Engineer - BOB KOVACH, Recording Engineer - David Rubinson, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Associated Performer, Piano, Producer - H. Hancock, Composer - David Rubinson & Friends, Producer - Jaco Pastorius, Bass Guitar - Bill Summers, Percussion - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer - Harvey Mason, Drums - LESLIE ANN JONES, Recording Engineer - BOB KOVACH, Recording Engineer - David Rubinson, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Associated Performer, Composer, Piano, Producer - Paul Jackson, Bass, Composer - Bennie Maupin, Composer, Tenor Saxophone - Harvey Mason, Composer, Drums - Bill Summers, Composer, Percussion - David Rubinson & Friends, Producer - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer - LESLIE ANN JONES, Recording Engineer - BOB KOVACH, Recording Engineer - David Rubinson, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Associated Performer, Composer, Piano, Producer - David Rubinson & Friends, Producer - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer - LESLIE ANN JONES, Recording Engineer - BOB KOVACH, Recording Engineer - David Rubinson, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Herbie Hancock's lackluster string of electric albums around this period was enhanced by this one shining exception: an incorrigibly eclectic record that flits freely all over the spectrum. Using several different rhythm sections, Herbie Hancock is much more the imaginative hands-on player than at any time since the prime Headhunters period, overdubbing lots of parts from his ever-growing collection of keyboards. He has regained a good deal of his ability to ride in the groove. "Calypso" finds him playing synthesized steel drums and interacting with customary complexity and ebullience with V.S.O.P. mates Tony Williams and Ron Carter. Disco rears its head, but inventively this time on "Just Around the Corner," and in league with Jaco Pastorius' vibrating, interlacing bass, Hancock gets off some good, updated jazz-funk on "Spiraling Prism" and "4 AM." There is even a reunion of the original Headhunters on a rhythmically tangled remake of "Shiftless Shuffle"; drummer Harvey Mason sounds like a rhythm machine gone bonkers. Easily the outstanding track -- and one of Hancock's most haunting meditations -- is "Textures," where he plays all of the instruments himself. This would be the last outcropping of electronic delicacy from Hancock for some time, and it was mostly -- and unjustly -- overlooked when it came out.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:56
- Main artists: Herbie Hancock
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Contemporary Jazz Masters
- Genre: Jazz Jazz Fusion & Jazz Rock
1980 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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