1962 studio album by Herbie Hancock
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Takin' Off Herbie Hancock released on 4 July 1962[7] Blue Note Records . The recording session features Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and Dexter Gordon on tenor saxophone. The album is in the hard bop idiom, with its characteristic two horns and a rhythm section .[8] bluesy track "Watermelon Man " made it to the Top 100 of the singles charts,[8] jazz standard . In 1973, Hancock released a funk arrangement of Watermelon Man on his album Head Hunters [9] Rudy Van Gelder . The 2007 edition includes new liner notes by Bob Blumenthal.
Track listing [ ] All compositions by Herbie Hancock.
"Watermelon Man " – 7:09 "Three Bags Full" – 5:27 "Empty Pockets" – 6:09 "The Maze" – 6:45 "Driftin'" – 6:58 "Alone and I" – 6:25 Bonus tracks on reissue
"Watermelon Man" (alternate take) – 6:33 "Three Bags Full" (alternate take) – 5:31 "Empty Pockets" (alternate take) – 6:27 Personnel [ ] References [ ]
^ Billboard Oct 22, 1962^ Martin, Henry (2004). Essential Jazz: The First 100 Years Cengage Learning . p. 243. ISBN 1111794278 . Retrieved October 5, 2013 . ...Takin' Off was a typical hard bop LP... ^ Huey, Steve (2011). "Takin' Off - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic" . allmusic.com . Retrieved 26 June 2011 . ^ Down Beat : January 17, 1963 vol. 30, no. 2^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 93 . ISBN 0-394-72643-X ^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Penguin . p. 640. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 ^ https://www.herbiehancock.com/music/discography/album/650/ ^ Jump up to: a b Martin, Henry; & Waters, Keith (2005). Jazz: The First 100 Years . Thomas Wadsworth. p. 311. ISBN 0-534-62804-4
^ Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; & Priestley, Brian (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz . St. Martin's Press . p. 331. ISBN 0-312-27870-5
show Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums
Open Sesame Goin' Up Hub Cap Minor Mishap Dedication! Duke Pearson , 1961)Ready for Freddie The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard Hub-Tones Here to Stay The Body & the Soul Breaking Point! Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank Jimmy Heath , 1965)The Night of the Cookers Blue Spirits Backlash High Blues Pressure A Soul Experiment The Black Angel The Hub of Hubbard Red Clay Straight Life Sing Me a Song of Songmy İlhan Mimaroğlu , 1970)First Light Polar AC Sky Dive Keep Your Soul Together Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One In Concert Volume Two Stanley Turrentine , 1974)High Energy Gleam Liquid Love Windjammer Bundle of Joy Super Blue The Love Connection Skagly Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 The Alternate Blues Clark Terry , Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson , 1980)The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 Born to Be Blue Keystone Bop: Sunday Night Outpost Rollin' Splash Above & Beyond Back to Birdland Face to Face Ride Like the Wind The Rose Tattoo Sweet Return Double Take Woody Shaw , 1985)Life Flight The Eternal Triangle Feel the Wind Art Blakey , 1988)Times Are Changing Topsy – Standard Book Bolivia At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles Live at Fat Tuesday's Blues for Miles MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon New Colors On the Real Side With Art /The WithDexter WithHerbie
Takin' Off Empyrean Isles Maiden Voyage Blow-Up V.S.O.P. V.S.O.P.: The Quintet V.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky Round Midnight WithBobby WithQuincy WithWayne
Wayning Moments Speak No Evil The Soothsayer The All Seeing Eye With
The Soul of the City Manny Albam , 1966)The Other Side of Abbey Road George Benson , 1969)Out of This World Walter Benton , 1960)True Blue Tina Brooks , 1960)God Bless the Child Kenny Burrell , 1971)Cables' Vision George Cables , 1979)Droppin' Things Betty Carter , 1990)Free Jazz Ornette Coleman , 1960)Olé Coltrane John Coltrane , 1961)Africa/Brass Ascension Muses for Richard Davis Outward Bound Eric Dolphy , 1960)Out to Lunch! Undercurrent Kenny Drew , 1960)Leaving This Planet Charles Earland , 1973)Booker 'n' Brass Booker Ervin , 1967)Interplay Bill Evans , 1962)Sonic Text Joe Farrell , 1979)Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone Curtis Fuller , 1960)Soul Trombone Cabin in the Sky Take a Number from 1 to 10 Benny Golson , 1961)Pop + Jazz = Swing Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty Sister Salvation Slide Hampton , 1960)Drum Suite The Quota Jimmy Heath , 1961)Triple Threat Big Band Joe Henderson , 1996)Pax Andrew Hill , 1965)Compulsion Sunflower Milt Jackson , 1972)Goodbye 52nd Street Billy Joel , 1978)Reg Strikes Back Elton John , 1988)J.J. Inc. J.J. Johnson , 1960)Echoes of an Era Chaka Khan , 1982)Essence John Lewis , 1960–62)Water Sign Jeff Lorber , 1979)Doin' the Thang! Ronnie Mathews , 1963)Bluesnik Jackie McLean , 1961)MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration Modern Jazz Quartet , 1994)Fingerpickin' Wes Montgomery , 1958)Roll Call Hank Mobley , 1960)The Blues and the Abstract Truth Oliver Nelson , 1961)Sweet Honey Bee Duke Pearson , 1966)The Right Touch Contours Sam Rivers , 1965)Drums Unlimited Max Roach , 1965)East Broadway Run Down Sonny Rollins , 1966)Numbers Rufus , 1978)Once a Thief and Other Themes Lalo Schifrin , 1965)Giant Box Don Sebesky , 1973)Sugar Stanley Turrentine , 1970)Together McCoy Tyner , 1978)Quartets 4 X 4 Soundscapes Cedar Walton , 1980)Uhuru Afrika Randy Weston , 1960)Blue Moses
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