Herbie Hancock: Takin Off [VINYL]

Title: Takin Off
Artist: Herbie Hancock
Label: Jazz Images
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 8436569190418
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2017-10-27
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: SPAIN - IMPORT, GATEFOLD LP JACKET, 180 GRAM VINYL

180 PRE VIRGIN VINYL LPs IN GATEFOLD PACKAGING. "Takin' Off" marked Herbie Hancock's first album under his own name. All of the compositions are by the leader, who is backed by such stars as Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins. The album includes one of Hancock's best known compositions, "Watermelon Man", which made it to the Top 100 on the pop charts. The tune would become a jazz standard, and would be covered by Mongo Santamaria, among others. Renowned jazz critic Leonard Feather stated the following about the LP: "As the first solo album by Herbie Hancock, this record will serve for many listeners as an introduction to the talents of a young and unmistakably promising artist who recently signed an exclusive Blue Note contract."

Tracks:
1.1 01 Watermelon Man
1.2 02 Three Bags Full
1.3 03 Empty Pockets
1.4 04 the Maze
1.5 05 Driftin'
1.6 06 Alone and I