Herbie Hancock - The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions (1961-1969) [1998] (6 x CD's)

 

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HERBIE HANCOCK

Herbie Hancock - The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions (1961-1969) [1998] (6 x CD's)

From the start of his solo recording career in 1962, when he was 22, Herbie Hancock was a very original pianist/composer. Strangely enough, despite the explorative nature of much of his music, Hancock was also quite accessible, recording the future hit "Watermelon Man" on his debut date. This six-CD set is a must for all jazz collectors who do not already own Hancock's Blue Note albums, for the box contains the complete contents of the pianist's albums Takin' Off, My Point of View, Inventions & Dimensions, Empyrean Isles, Maiden Voyage, Speak Like a Child, and The Prisoner. In addition, there are a dozen alternate takes (seven not previously released), five selections taken from dates led by others (Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Wayne Shorter, and Bobby Hutcherson), and an unissued R&B-ish number ("Don't Ever Go There") from an abandoned 1966 project. The title of the attractive 1998 package is not completely accurate, for although the program includes all of Hancock's Blue Note dates as a leader, it does not have all of his recordings as a sideman for the label (which would take a really huge box). There are many classics in this reissue, including "Watermelon Man," "Blind Man, Blind Man," "Cantaloupe Island," "Maiden Voyage" (including a second version from a Hutcherson date), "The Eye of the Hurricane," "Dolphin Dance," "The Prisoner," and the entire Speak Like a Child album. Among Hancock's sidemen are trumpeters Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Thad Jones, and Johnny Coles, tenors Dexter Gordon, Hank Mobley, and Joe Henderson, bassists Butch Warren, Chuck Israels, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, and Buster Williams, and drummers Billy Higgins, Tony Williams, Willie Bobo, Mickey Roker, and Albert "Tootie" Heath. Timeless music that is still quite undated and fresh. (AllMusic review by Scott Yanow)

Anyone who wants a broad spectrum of what the 1960's meant for Jazz, as well as anyone who just wants to hear some of the strongest, most eloquent, and most affirmative Music ever conceived, are urgently advised to obtain this 6 x CD collection.

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Track lists

CD1

01 Herbie Hancock Three Wishes 5:13

02 Herbie Hancock Empty Pockets 6:11

03 Herbie Hancock Empty Pockets (Alt Tk) 6:29

04 Herbie Hancock Three Bags Full 5:29

05 Herbie Hancock Three Bags Full (Alt Tk) 5:38

06 Herbie Hancock Watermelon Man 7:10

07 Herbie Hancock Watermelon Man (Alt Tk) 6:44

08 Herbie Hancock The Maze 6:48

09 Herbie Hancock Driftin' 7:00

10 Herbie Hancock Alone And I 6:29

11 Herbie Hancock Yams 7:56

CD2

01 Herbie Hancock A Tribute To Someone 8:43

02 Herbie Hancock King Cobra 6:54

03 Herbie Hancock Blind Man, Blind Man 8:19

04 Herbie Hancock Blind Man, Blind Man (Alt Tk) 8:33

05 Herbie Hancock The Pleasure Is Mine 4:04

06 Herbie Hancock And What If I Don't 6:34

07 Herbie Hancock Succotash 7:42

08 Herbie Hancock Triangle 11:04

09 Herbie Hancock Mimosa (Alt Tk) 10:05

CD3

01 Herbie Hancock Mimosa 8:39

02 Herbie Hancock A Jump Ahead 6:37

03 Herbie Hancock Jack Rabbit 6:02

04 Herbie Hancock Oliloqui Valley (Alt Tk) 10:48

05 Herbie Hancock One Finger Snap 7:20

06 Herbie Hancock Canteloupe Island 5:32

07 Herbie Hancock The Egg 14:00

08 Herbie Hancock One Finger Snap (Alt Tk) 7:36

09 Herbie Hancock Oliloqui Valley 8:31

CD4

01 Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage 7:58

02 Herbie Hancock The Eye Of The Hurricane 6:01

03 Herbie Hancock Dolphin Dance 9:19

04 Herbie Hancock Survival Of The Fittest 10:04

05 Herbie Hancock Little One 8:49

06 Herbie Hancock The Collector 6:56

07 Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage 5:50

08 Herbie Hancock Theme From Blow Up 8:15

CD5

01 Herbie Hancock Riot (Alt Tk I) 4:56

02 Herbie Hancock Riot (Alt Tk II) 4:40

03 Herbie Hancock Riot 4:39

04 Herbie Hancock Speak Like A Child 7:50

05 Herbie Hancock First Trip 6:01

06 Herbie Hancock Goodbye To Childhood (Alt Tk) 5:53

07 Herbie Hancock Goodbye To Childhood 7:07

08 Herbie Hancock The Sorcerer 5:38

09 Herbie Hancock Toys 5:50

CD6

01 Herbie Hancock The Prisoner (Alt Tk) 5:47

02 Herbie Hancock The Prisoner 7:57

03 Herbie Hancock He Who Lives In Fear 6:53

04 Herbie Hancock I Have A Dream 10:59

05 Herbie Hancock Firewater 7:33

06 Herbie Hancock Firewater (Alt Tk) 8:41

07 Herbie Hancock Promise Of The Sun 7:55

08 Herbie Hancock Don't Even Go There 7:08

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