Herbie Hancock – Takin' Off Music CD
Herbie Hancock – Takin' Off Music CD
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Recorded in 1962, when Hancock was just 22 years old, Takin' Off announced an immediately fully-formed compositional voice. "Watermelon Man" would soon become a crossover hit after Mongo Santamaría covered it later that year, a sign that Hancock was already writing beyond the boundaries of straight jazz.
Herbie's Blue Note debut features the incomparable horn duo of Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon (both at their creative peaks), blowing out Hancock's angular, bluesy tunes with passion and finesse. The album kicks off with the classic "Watermelon Man"; the songs are largely uptempo hard-bop until closing with the sparkling, late-night ballad "Alone and I." The pianist's forays into experimentation are displayed in the strange rhythm section solos and the lack of thematic resolution on "The Maze" or the 32-bar broken phrasing on "Three Bags Full." The sound is pure early-'60s Rudy Van Gelder: muted piano, in-your-face horns and rhythm section in your living room. Mastered & Produced by Alan Yoshida & Joe Harley from the Original Rudy Van Gelder Blue Note 2-Track Analog Tapes. The Definitive Versions of Blue Note are on XRCD24... Listen & Compare! XRCD24 is Compatible with ALL CD PLAYERS!
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UPC: 693692200171
Label: Audio Wave Music
Release Date: 2.10.23
Format: CD
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