Herbie Hancock - Takin' Off


Label:

Audio Wave (Blue Note)

Genre:

Jazz

Product No.:
CBNA 0017
UPC: 693692200171
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180 Gram Vinyl Record
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2006 / 180g / Canada Collection/ Sealed

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2013 pressing sealed Canada Collection





Takin' Off, Herbie Hancock's debut as a leader, holds up exceptionally well decades after its release, even in light of the vast, eclectic, and excellent solo catalogue that followed. Still in the thick of his groundbreaking work with Miles Davis, Hancock had already established himself as a pianist and composer of the first order, and those qualities shine on Takin' Off. Flanked by superb personnel that includes trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, saxophonist Dexter Gordon, and drummer Billy Higgins, Hancock offers six excellent compositions (including the famous "Watermelon Man") that balance between adventurousness and the rigors of classic hard bop. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 28, 1962. Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather.



Watermelon Man
Three Bags Full
Empty Pockets
The Maze
Driftin'
Alone and I
Bonus Tracks:
Watermelon Man (Alternate Take)
Three Bags Full (Alternate Take)
Empty Pockets (Alternate Take)

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