Flood (Herbie Hancock album)

Flood
Flood
Live album by Herbie Hancock
Released	1975
Recorded	June 28, 1975; July 1, 1975
Venue	Shibuya Koukaido, Tokyo; Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo
Genre	Jazz, jazz-funk, funk, jazz fusion
Length	74:06
Label	CBS/Sony
Producer	David Rubinson
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Professional ratings
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Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

Flood is the second live album, and sixteenth album overall, by American jazz pianist and keyboardist Herbie Hancock. Recorded live in Tokyo,^[3] the album was originally released exclusively in Japan in 1975 as a double LP. It features the Headhunters Band performing selections from the albums Maiden Voyage (track 1), Head Hunters (tracks 4 and 6), Thrust (tracks 2, 3, and 5), and Man-Child (track 7)–– with the latter still two months away from release at the time of these concerts.

Flood remained a Japanese-only release in all formats until a 2014 CD reissue in the U.S. by the Wounded Bird label.

The cover artwork was designed by Nobuyuki Nakanishi.^[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Herbie Hancock except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Introduction/Maiden Voyage"		7:59
2.	"Actual Proof"		8:28
3.	"Spank-a-Lee"		8:47
4.	"Watermelon Man"		5:50
5.	"Butterfly"	Hancock, Bennie Maupin	12:44
6.	"Chameleon"	Hancock, Jackson, Harvey Mason, Maupin	10:24
7.	"Hang Up Your Hang Ups"	Hancock, Jackson, Melvin "Wah-Wah" Ragin	19:54

Personnel[]

Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, ARP Odyssey, ARP Soloist, ARP String Ensemble
Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, saxello, bass clarinet, flute, percussion
DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight – guitar
Paul Jackson – Fender bass
Mike Clark – drum set
Bill Summers – congas, percussion

References[]

^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Flood - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 642. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ "Flood - Herbie Hancock". herbiehancock.com. Icon Digital. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
^ "...An Album By Its Cover: Herbie Hancock". futuristicallyancient.com. Aker. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[1] Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Flood - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 642. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[3] "Flood - Herbie Hancock". herbiehancock.com. Icon Digital. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[4] "...An Album By Its Cover: Herbie Hancock". futuristicallyancient.com. Aker. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

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Discography (As a sideman)
Studio albums	Takin' Off My Point of View Inventions & Dimensions Empyrean Isles Maiden Voyage Speak Like a Child The Prisoner Fat Albert Rotunda Mwandishi Crossings Sextant Head Hunters Dedication Thrust Man-Child Secrets Third Plane Herbie Hancock Trio Sunlight Directstep The Piano Feets, Don't Fail Me Now Monster Mr. Hands Magic Windows Herbie Hancock Trio Lite Me Up Quartet Future Shock Sound-System Village Life Perfect Machine A Tribute to Miles Dis Is da Drum The New Standard 1+1 Gershwin's World Future 2 Future Possibilities River: The Joni Letters The Imagine Project
Live albums	Hear, O Israel - A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz Flood V.S.O.P. The Quintet (V.S.O.P.) Tempest in the Colosseum (V.S.O.P.) An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (V.S.O.P.) Jazz Africa Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall Live: Detroit/Chicago
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
Compositions	"Watermelon Man" "Cantaloupe Island" "Maiden Voyage" "Chameleon" "Rockit"
Soundtracks	Blow-Up Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert The Spook Who Sat by the Door Death Wish A Soldier's Story Round Midnight Action Jackson