The Essential Herbie Hancock

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Annotation

Label: Columbia - Catalog #: 94593 - Format: 2CD

Label: Columbia - Catalog #: 94593 - Format: 2CD

Label: Columbia - Catalog #: 94593 - Format: 2CD

Annotation last modified on 2017-09-23 23:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Watermelon Man
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1962-05-28)
producer:
Alfred Lion
bass:
Butch Warren (on 1962-05-28)
drums (drum set):
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (on 1962-05-28)
piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (on 1962-05-28)
tenor saxophone:
Dexter Gordon (on 1962-05-28)
trumpet:
Freddie Hubbard (on 1962-05-28)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1962-05-28)
recording of:
Watermelon Man (on 1962-05-28)
composer:
H. Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
publisher:
Hancock Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd (1996–2019)
4.257:12
2'Round Midnight
recording of:
’Round Midnight
lyricist:
Bernie Hanighen
composer:
Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams
publisher:
Advanced Music, Advanced Music corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Thelonious Music, Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI), Ultra Empire Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
is based on:
I Need You So
4:05
3Cantaloupe Island
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1964-06-17)
producer:
Alfred Lion and Michael Cuscuna (in 1999: task: Reissue produced by)
cornet:
Freddie Hubbard (on 1964-06-17)
double bass:
Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) (on 1964-06-17)
drums (drum set):
Tony Williams (American jazz drummer) (on 1964-06-17)
piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (on 1964-06-17)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1964-06-17)
recording of:
Cantaloupe Island (on 1964-06-17)
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
publisher:
Hancock Music Company
4.85:34
4Maiden Voyage
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1965-03-17)
producer:
Alfred Lion and Michael Cuscuna (in 1999: task: Reissue produced by)
bass:
Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) (on 1965-03-17)
drums (drum set):
Tony Williams (American jazz drummer) (on 1965-03-17)
piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (on 1965-03-17)
tenor saxophone:
George Coleman (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1965-03-17)
trumpet:
Freddie Hubbard (on 1965-03-17)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1965-03-17)
recording of:
Maiden Voyage (on 1965-03-17)
composer:
Herbert J. Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
publisher:
Hancock Music Co.
7:56
5Circle
5:54
6The Sorcerer
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1968-03-09)
producer:
Duke Pearson and Michael Cuscuna (in 2005: task: Reissue produced By)
alto flute:
Jerry Dodgion (on 1968-03-09)
bass trombone:
Peter Phillips (trombone, USA) (on 1968-03-06)
double bass:
Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) (on 1968-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Mickey Rocker (Drummer) (on 1968-03-09)
flugelhorn:
Thad Jones (on 1968-03-09)
piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (on 1968-03-09)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1968-03-09)
recording of:
The Sorcerer (on 1968-03-09)
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
5:37
7Tell Me a Bedtime Story
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (in 1969)
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
bass:
Buster Williams (US jazz bassist) (in 1969)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (in 1969)
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Johnny Coles (US jazz trumpeter) (in 1969)
piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1969)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (in 1969)
conductor:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1969)
arranger:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Records Inc. (not for release label use; fka Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (in 1969)
recording of:
Tell Me a Bedtime Story (in 1969)
lyricist and composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
5:05
8Hidden Shadows
recording of:
Hidden Shadows
composer:
Herbert Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
10:16
9Chameleon
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and David Rubinson
agogô, balafon, cabasa, congas, gankogui, percussion [beer bottle], percussion [log drum], shekere, surdo, tambourine and whistle:
Bill Summers (in 1973-09)
alto flute, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Bennie Maupin (in 1973-09)
bass, electric bass guitar and marímbula:
Paul Jackson (jazz bassist) (in 1973-09)
clavinet, Rhodes piano and synthesizer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1973-09)
drums (drum set):
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer) (in 1973-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Different Fur Studios in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1973-09) and Wally Heider Studios (@ 245 Hyde Street, San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1973-09)
recording of:
Chameleon (in 1973-09)
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer), Paul Jackson (jazz bassist), Harvey Mason (jazz drummer) and Bennie Maupin
515:41
10Joanna's Theme
recording of:
Joanna's Theme
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
4:44
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