Fat Albert Rotunda

Fat Albert Rotunda
Fat Albert Rotunda
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released	1969
Recorded	October–December 1969
Studio	Van Gelder Recording Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz, jazz-funk, soul, funk
Length	33:41
Label	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Producer	Herbie Hancock
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Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Fat Albert Rotunda is the eighth album by jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock, released in 1969. It was Hancock's first release for Warner Bros. Records after his departure from Blue Note Records. The music was originally done for the TV special Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert, which later inspired Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids TV show. Fat Albert Rotunda, along with Mwandishi and Crossings was reissued in one set as Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings in 1994 ^[4] and as The Warner Bros. Years (1969-1972) in 2014.^[5]

About the album[]

On this album Hancock changes his style radically and takes instrumental soul music rather than jazz as the basis of his compositions. Many songs also hint at his forthcoming jazz-funk style that he fully approached a few years later. Quincy Jones recorded "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" for his 1978 album, Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!, while Hancock revisited "Jessica" on the 1977 Hancock album VSOP: The Quintet.

Track listing[]

All Songs composed by Herbie Hancock. (Copyright Hancock Music Company-BMI)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wiggle-Waggle"	5:51
2.	"Fat Mama"	3:49
3.	"Tell Me a Bedtime Story"	5:01
4.	"Oh! Oh! Here He Comes"	4:08
5.	"Jessica"	4:13
6.	"Fat Albert Rotunda"	6:29
7.	"Lil' Brother"	4:26

Personnel[]

Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano
Joe Henderson — tenor sax, alto flute
Garnett Brown — trombone
Johnny Coles — trumpet, flugelhorn
Buster Williams — electric & acoustic bass
Albert "Tootie" Heath — drums
George Devens - percussion
Joe Newman, Ernie Royal — trumpet (tracks 1&7, uncredited in original LP release)
Joe Farrell — tenor sax, alto saxophone (tracks 1&7, uncredited in original LP release)
Arthur Clarke - baritone saxophone (tracks 1&7, uncredited in original LP release)
Benny Powell - trombone (tracks 1&7, uncredited in original LP release)
Eric Gale, Billy Butler — guitar (tracks 1&7, uncredited in original LP release)
Jerry Jemmott - electric bass (tracks 1&7, uncredited in original LP release)
Bernard Purdie - drums (tracks 1&7, uncredited in original LP release)

Production[]

Arranged and conducted by Herbie Hancock
Produced by Herbie Hancock
Recorded and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder

References[]

^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Fat Albert Rotunda - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 93. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 641. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/herbie_hancock/mwandishi__the_complete_warner_bros__recordings/
^ https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/herbie_hancock/the_warner_bros__years__1969_1972_/

External links[]

Fat Albert Rotunda at Discogs

[1] Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Fat Albert Rotunda - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 93. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 641. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] ttps://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/herbie_hancock/mwandishi__the_complete_warner_bros__recordings/

[5] ttps://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/herbie_hancock/the_warner_bros__years__1969_1972_/

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with Bob Brookmeyer	Bob Brookmeyer and Friends
with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams	Out of This World (Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet) Chant Royal Flush Free Form A New Perspective
with Miles Davis	Seven Steps to Heaven My Funny Valentine Four & More E.S.P. Miles Smiles Sorcerer Nefertiti Miles in the Sky Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Jack Johnson On the Corner Big Fun Get Up with It
with Jack DeJohnette and Pat Metheny	Parallel Realities
with Joe Farrell	Moon Germs Penny Arcade Upon This Rock Night Dancing
with Freddie Hubbard	Hub-Tones Straight Life Red Clay
with Joe Zawinul	Zawinul
Compilations	Treasure Chest (Herbie Hancock album) The Best of Herbie Hancock Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock
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