The Essential Herbie Hancock

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Annotation

Label: Columbia - Catalog #: 94593 - Format: 2CD

Label: Columbia - Catalog #: 94593 - Format: 2CD

Label: Columbia - Catalog #: 94593 - Format: 2CD

Annotation last modified on 2017-09-23 23:00 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Butterfly
recording engineer:
Fred Catero
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and David Rubinson
recorded at:
Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
recording of:
Butterfly
writer:
Jean Hancock
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Bennie Maupin
publisher:
Hancock Music
11:19
2People Music
7:10
3Milestones
6:39
44 A.M.
recorded in:
California, United States (in 1980)
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and David Rubinson
mixer:
David Rubinson
bass:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1980)
bass and percussion:
Bill Summers (in 1980)
drums (drum set):
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer) (in 1980)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP)
5:23
5Come Running to Me
recorded in:
California, United States (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
bass:
Paul Jackson (jazz bassist) (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
brass:
Garnett Brown (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Robert O'Bryant, Sr. (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Bobby Shew (from 1977-08 until 1978-05) and Maurice Spears (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
congas:
Raul Rekow (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
drums (drum set):
James Levi (US jazz percussionist) (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
percussion:
Bill Summers (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
strings:
Teressa Adams (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Lawrence Granger (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Roy Malan (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Nathan Rubin (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Emily Van Valkenburgh (from 1977-08 until 1978-05) and Linda Wood (strings) (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
tabla:
Baba Duru (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
woodwind:
Fred Jackson (US R&B and jazz tenor saxophonist active 1940s-1960s) (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Jack Nimitz (American saxophonist and clarinet player) (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Dave Riddles (from 1977-08 until 1978-05) and Ernie Watts (jazz and blues saxophonist) (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
arranger:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
recording of:
Come Running to Me (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
writer:
Allee Willis
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
8:26
6Finger Painting
6:46
7Stars in Your Eyes
recorded in:
California, United States (from 1979 until 1980)
engineer:
Bryan Bell (engineer)
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and David Rubinson
bass:
Freddie Washington (US session bassist) (from 1979 until 1980)
drums (drum set):
Alphonse Mouzon (from 1979 until 1980)
guitar:
Ray Parker Jr. (from 1979 until 1980) and Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson (from 1979 until 1980)
keyboard and piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (from 1979 until 1980)
percussion:
Sheila Escovedo (from 1979 until 1980)
vocals:
Gavin Christopher (from 1979 until 1980)
mixed at:
The Automatt in San Francisco, California, United States
recording of:
Stars in Your Eyes
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
7:06
8Rockit
recorded in:
United States (in 1983)
recording engineer:
Martin Bisi
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Material (group and producer team led by Bill Laswell)
mixer:
Dave Jerden
bass:
Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer) (in 1983)
keyboard:
Michael Beinhorn (in 1983) and Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1983)
performer:
DXT (US 80s hip hop, aka Grandmixer D.ST)
recorded at:
OAO Studio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States (in 1983)
mixed at:
Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States
music videos:
Rockit by Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
recording of:
Rockit (in 1983)
writer:
Michael Beinhorn, Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer)
45:27
9St. Louis Blues
producer:
Robert Sadin
mixer:
Bruce Swedien
bass:
Alex Al (from 1998-03 until 1998-06)
drums (drum set):
Terri Lyne Carrington (from 1998-03 until 1998-06)
harmonica and guest vocals:
Stevie Wonder (from 1998-03 until 1998-06)
organ and piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (from 1998-03 until 1998-06)
arranger:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer), Robert Sadin and Stevie Wonder
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram)
mixed at:
Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (from 1998-03 until 1998-06)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
5:52
10Manhattan
4:05