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Herbie Hancock - Takin' Off (1962/2021) [Hard Bop]; FLAC (tracks+.cue)

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Herbie Hancock - Takin' Off (1962/2021) [Hard Bop]; FLAC (tracks+.cue)

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Artist: Herbie Hancock
Album: Takin' Off
Genre: Hard Bop
Label: Blue Note / Audio Wave
Released: 1962/2021
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
  1. Watermelon Man (Hancock) - 7:11
  2. Three Bags Full (Hancock) - 5:30
  3. Empty Pockets (Hancock) - 6:13
  4. The Maze (Hancock-Scott) - 6:50
  5. Driftin' (Hancock) - 6:58
  6. Alone and I (Hancock) - 6:36
  7. Watermelon Man (alternate take) (Hancock-Hendricks) - 6:45
  8. Three Bags Full (alternate take) (Hancock) - 5:39
  9. Empty Pockets (alternate take) (Hancock) - 6:30

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    Personnel:
  • Herbie Hancock - piano
  • Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
  • Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
  • Butch Warren - bass
  • Billy Higgins - drums

Herbie’s Blue Note debut features the incomparable horn duo of Freddy Hubbard and Dexter Gordon (both at their creative peaks), blowing out Hancock’s angular, bluesy tunes with passion and finesse.

The album kicks off with the classic “Watermelon Man”; the songs are largely uptempo hard-bop until closing with the sparkling, late-night ballad “Alone and I.” The pianist’s forays into experimentation are displayed in the strange rhythm section solos and the lack of thematic resolution on “The Maze” or the 32-bar broken phrasing on “Three Bags Full.”

The sound is pure early-60’s Rudy Van Gelder: muted piano, in-your-face horns and rhythm section in your living room.

Mastered & Produced by Alan Yoshida & Joe Harley from the Original Rudy Van Gelder Blue Note 2-Track Analog Tapes.

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