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The Essential Herbie Hancock
Release Date: February 28, 2006 82796945932 CD Album Quite simply, Herbie Hancock is the most widely-imitated, globally-honored and commercially successful creator of true jazz since Bill Evans, whose pellucid sound and approach to rendering a ballad were important influences. But Hancock's sound is slightly more crystalline than Evans', and at up-tempos, his solos seem borne by a bracing breeze. Hancock could have forged a highly impressive career had he been content to concentrate solely on acoustic improvisation. But, like his mentor Miles Davis, he had farther-ranging ideas and a universe of tonalities, harmonies and rhythms in his head. The Essential Herbie Hancock, drawing on his work for seven different labels, is the finest and most panoramic mini-retrospective ever assembled on this consummate artist. All of those sonorities, chord voicings, and rhythmic directions are in evidence over the course of the 21 tracks in this two-disc package. Spanning the early-1960s to the late-1990s, Hancock is captured as sideman (with no less than Davis and the brilliant tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins) and leader, on grand piano or a battery of keyboards. Virtually every crucial item in his glittering discography as a bandleader -- from the original "Watermelon Man" and "Maiden Voyage" to "Chameleon" and "Rockit" -- is here, with a supporting cast that numbers Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell and, of course, the eternally astounding bass-drums team of Ron Carter and Tony Williams. The Essential Herbie Hancock also features features one previously unreleased selection: a live version of Charles Mingus' "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" featuring a vocal by Joni Mitchell. |
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Track listing for CD Album 1 Watermelon Man ra wma20 wma32 wma128 2 'Round Midnight ra wma20 wma32 wma128 3 Cantaloupe Island ra wma20 wma32 wma128 4 Maiden Voyage ra wma20 wma32 wma128 5 Circle ra wma20 wma32 wma128 6 The Sorcerer ra wma20 wma32 wma128 7 Tell Me A Bedtime Story ra wma20 wma32 wma128 8 Hidden Shadows (Instrumental) ra wma20 wma32 wma128 9 Chameleon ra wma20 wma32 wma128 10 Joanna's Theme ra wma20 wma32 wma128 1 Butterfly ra wma20 wma32 wma128 2 People Music ra wma20 wma32 wma128 3 Milestones ra wma20 wma32 wma128 4 4 A.M. ra wma20 wma32 wma128 5 Come Running To Me ra wma20 wma32 wma128 6 Finger Painting ra wma20 wma32 wma128 7 Stars In Your Eyes ra wma20 wma32 wma128 8 Rockit ra wma20 wma32 wma128 9 St. Louis Blues ra wma20 wma32 wma128 10 Manhattan ra wma20 wma32 wma128 |
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