 | Maiden Voyage [Read More ...]
Description: In the mid-'60s, a distinctive postbop style evolved among the younger musicians associated with Blue Note, a new synthesis that managed to blend the cool spaciousness of Miles Davis's modal period, some of the fire of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and touches of the avant-garde'... |
 | Empyrean Isles [Read More ...]
Description: Herbie Hancock's fourth Blue Note album with Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter and Tony Williams defined the sound that his jazz work would carry to this day: funk, delicate harmonies and experimental improvisation all somehow working together. "One Finger Snap" and, of course, "Cantal... |
 | The Best of Herbie Hancock: The Blue Note Years [Read More ...]
Description: Mirroring his onetime boss and mentor Miles Davis' own protean output, Herbie Hancock has explored hard-bop, soul-jazz, fusion, funk-rock, soundtracks, hip-hop-inflected pop ("Rockit"), and many permutations in between. His early work for Blue Note, though, offers the best entrie... |
 | Cantaloupe Island [Read More ...]
Review: "FOR THE 'MEAT' OF HERBIE'S BLUE NOTE OUTPUT....THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO START":Although Herbie didn't record a mass of recordings for Blue Note like Jimmy Smith, Donald Byrd, and others, this collection (Compilation) focus more on his Uptempo, Fingersnappin' Tracks like the Tit... |
 | Future 2 Future [Read More ...]
Description: From Transparent Music, Future 2 Future captures Herbie's take on the new progressive music from the DJ/Club culture - hip-hop, drum-and-bass, downtempo. The project reunites Hancock with famed musical architect Bill Laswell. Together, this team earned a Grammy for 'Rockit' a... |
 | The Complete Blue Note 60's Sessions [Read More ...]
Description: This spectacular six-CD box set contains pianist-composer Herbie Hancock's entire recorded output as a leader for the Blue Note label from 1962 to 1969. This period parallels Hancock's legendary work in Miles Davis's band and documents his incorporation of Davis's concepts into h... |
 | Maiden Voyage [Read More ...]
Limited edition Japanese 24-bit remastered reissue of 1965 album packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve. 5 tracks. Toshiba-EMI. 2003. |
 | My Point of View [Read More ...]
Description: In this 1963 recording session, pianist Herbie Hancock had a chance to work with a septet that could highlight his burgeoning skills as an arranger and composer. With Hancock's inventive sense of voicings already defined, it's a happy mix of inspired charts and spirited blowing t... |
 | The Prisoner [Read More ...]
Description: This 1969 recording is a loose suite of pieces inspired by Martin Luther King and the struggle for black civil rights. Hancock wrote four of them and arranged bassist Buster Williams's "Firewater," expanding his working sextet to a nonet for the date with flute, bass clarinet, an... |
 | Inventions & Dimensions [Read More ...]
Review: Herbie definitely has Latin skills:This album is just full of great moments, probably one of his first to turn heads. The rhythm section (Osvaldo Martinez, Willie Bobo, Paul Chambers) lays down all sorts of grooves while Herbie freely solos. Interestingly, alot of these tunes w... |
 | Killer Bees [Read More ...]
Review: WAY BACK WHEN:IN THE 1970'S, THESE MUSICIANS HELPED TO DEFINE WHAT WE USED TO CALL FUSION MUSIC. AND THE ARTISTS ON THIS CD WERE SOME ITS' BIGGEST PROPONENTS. HOW CAN YOU GO WRONG WITH A CD THAT HAS CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS LIKE AIRTO MOREIRA (A FOUNDING MEMBER OF WEATHER REPORT), CH... |
 | Takin' Off [Read More ...]
Description: In some respects Herbie Hancock's first recording as a leader typifies the hard-bop/funk of many late-'50s/early-'60s Blue Note productions (notably Horace Silver's tight-knit group). At the same time, Hancock's lyrical bent and pliable comping point toward the greater abstractio... |
 | Speak Like a Child [Read More ...]
Description: In the midst of his stint working for Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock released two of his finest albums, 1965's Maiden Voyage and 1968's Speak Like a Child. Though the earlier disc may boast stronger players and more innovative compositions, on Speak Hancock's true lyrical sensibilit... |
 | Herbie Hancock [Read More ...]
Herbie HancockThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. |
 | Empyrean Isles [Read More ...]
Description: Herbie Hancock's fourth Blue Note album with Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter and Tony Williams defined the sound that his jazz work would carry to this day: funk, delicate harmonies and experimental improvisation all somehow working together. "One Finger Snap" and, of course, "Cantal... |
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![]() | Herbie Hancock-Live:Detroit/Chicago [Read More ...]
Herbie Hancock is recognized as an innovator in the field of Jazz for over 30 years Star performances by Jazz greats Ron Carter, Stanley Turrentine, Freddie Hubbard, Eric Gayle and Jack DeJohnette Digitally remastered from the original live master tapes. |
 | Blow-Up (180 Gram Vinyl) [Read More ...]
Description: This is the original soundtrack for the movie Blow-Up. In late 1966, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette entered a New York studio to capture the vibe of 'swinging London' in a jazz mode - with grooves that create effective bluesy moods ... |
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 | Backtracks [Read More ...]
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