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From the start of his solo recording career in 1962, when he was 22, Herbie Hancock was a very original pianist/composer. Strangely enough, despite the explorative nature of much of his music, Hancock was also quite accessible, recording the future hit "Watermelon Man" on his debut date. This six-CD set is a must for all jazz collectors who do not already own Hancock's Blue Note albums, for the box contains the complete contents of the pianist's albums Takin' Off, My Point of View, Inventions & Dimensions, Empyrean Isles, Maiden Voyage, Speak Like a Child, and The Prisoner. In addition, there are a dozen alternate takes (seven not previously released), five selections taken from dates led by others (Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Wayne Shorter, and Bobby Hutcherson), and an unissued R&B-ish number ("Don't Ever Go There") from an abandoned 1966 project. The title of the attractive 1998 package is not completely accurate, for although the program includes all of Hancock's Blue Note dates as a leader, it does not have all of his recordings as a sideman for the label (which would take a really huge box). There are many classics in this reissue, including "Watermelon Man," "Blind Man, Blind Man," "Cantaloupe Island," "Maiden Voyage" (including a second version from a Hutcherson date), "The Eye of the Hurricane," "Dolphin Dance," "The Prisoner," and the entire Speak Like a Child album. Among Hancock's sidemen are trumpeters Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Thad Jones, and Johnny Coles, tenors Dexter Gordon, Hank Mobley, and Joe Henderson, bassists Butch Warren, Chuck Israels, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, and Buster Williams, and drummers Billy Higgins, Tony Williams, Willie Bobo, Mickey Roker, and Albert "Tootie" Heath. Timeless music that is still quite undated and fresh.
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HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Warren, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Butch Warren, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Butch Warren, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Freddie Hubbard, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Butch Warren, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Freddie Hubbard, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Butch Warren, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Hendricks, Composer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Butch Warren, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Herbert Hancock, Composer
℗ 1996 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Butch Warren, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - John H. Scott, Composer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Butch Warren, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Freddie Hubbard, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Butch Warren, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Freddie Hubbard, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Warren, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie McLean, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Capitol Records, LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Israels, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1987 Capitol Records, LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Israels, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Grachan Moncur III, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Capitol Records, LLC
Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Israels, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Grachan Moncur III, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Capitol Records, LLC
Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Israels, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Grachan Moncur III, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 Capitol Records, LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Israels, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Grachan Moncur III, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Capitol Records, LLC
Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Israels, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Grachan Moncur III, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Capitol Records, LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Oswaldo 'Chihuahua' Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Oswaldo 'Chihuahua' Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Oswaldo 'Chihuahua' Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Oswaldo 'Chihuahua' Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, MainArtist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer
℗ 1964 Blue Note Records
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Willie Bobo, Drums, Percussion, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Oswaldo 'Chihuahua' Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alfred Lion, Producer
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Ron Carter, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Coleman, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records, LLC
Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Coleman, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records, LLC
Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Coleman, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records, LLC
Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Coleman, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records, LLC
Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Coleman, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records, LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Shorter, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Coleman, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Workman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joe Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Bobby Hutcherson, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Bobby Hutcherson, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Blue Note Records
Thad Jones, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Duke Pearson, Producer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Phillips, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Dodgion, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC
Thad Jones, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Duke Pearson, Producer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Phillips, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Dodgion, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC
Thad Jones, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Duke Pearson, Producer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Phillips, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Dodgion, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Thad Jones, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Duke Pearson, Producer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Phillips, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Dodgion, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Ron Carter, Composer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Duke Pearson, Producer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Blue Note Records
Thad Jones, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Duke Pearson, Producer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Phillips, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Dodgion, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC
Thad Jones, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Duke Pearson, Producer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Phillips, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Dodgion, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Blue Note Records
Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Duke Pearson, Producer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Thad Jones, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Duke Pearson, Producer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Phillips, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Dodgion, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Blue Note Records
Hubert Laws, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Studd, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Jerome Richardson, Bass Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Henderson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Albert "Tootie" Heath, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Coles, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Buster Williams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC
Hubert Laws, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Studd, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Jerome Richardson, Bass Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Henderson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Albert "Tootie" Heath, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Coles, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Buster Williams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1969 Capitol Records, LLC
Hubert Laws, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Studd, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Jerome Richardson, Bass Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Henderson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Albert "Tootie" Heath, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Coles, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Buster Williams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1969 Capitol Records, LLC
Hubert Laws, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Studd, Trombone, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Engineer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Jerome Richardson, Bass Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Henderson, Tenor Saxophone, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Williams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Albert "Tootie" Heath, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Coles, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Buster Williams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1969 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
From the start of his solo recording career in 1962, when he was 22, Herbie Hancock was a very original pianist/composer. Strangely enough, despite the explorative nature of much of his music, Hancock was also quite accessible, recording the future hit "Watermelon Man" on his debut date. This six-CD set is a must for all jazz collectors who do not already own Hancock's Blue Note albums, for the box contains the complete contents of the pianist's albums Takin' Off, My Point of View, Inventions & Dimensions, Empyrean Isles, Maiden Voyage, Speak Like a Child, and The Prisoner. In addition, there are a dozen alternate takes (seven not previously released), five selections taken from dates led by others (Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Wayne Shorter, and Bobby Hutcherson), and an unissued R&B-ish number ("Don't Ever Go There") from an abandoned 1966 project. The title of the attractive 1998 package is not completely accurate, for although the program includes all of Hancock's Blue Note dates as a leader, it does not have all of his recordings as a sideman for the label (which would take a really huge box). There are many classics in this reissue, including "Watermelon Man," "Blind Man, Blind Man," "Cantaloupe Island," "Maiden Voyage" (including a second version from a Hutcherson date), "The Eye of the Hurricane," "Dolphin Dance," "The Prisoner," and the entire Speak Like a Child album. Among Hancock's sidemen are trumpeters Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Thad Jones, and Johnny Coles, tenors Dexter Gordon, Hank Mobley, and Joe Henderson, bassists Butch Warren, Chuck Israels, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, and Buster Williams, and drummers Billy Higgins, Tony Williams, Willie Bobo, Mickey Roker, and Albert "Tootie" Heath. Timeless music that is still quite undated and fresh.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 54 track(s)
- Total length: 06:35:53
- Main artists: Herbie Hancock
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1998 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC
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