Herbie Hancock - The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions (rel.1998)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Herbie Hancock Title The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions Length 398:15 Discs: 6 Tracks: 54 Format LQ <160 kbps (kopia) Packaging Jewel Case Label Blue Note Cat. Number 95569 Style Hard Bop Rating N/A

Musicians

Credits

Herbie Hancock piano, el.piano Joe Henderson sax tenor Hank Mobley sax tenor Dexter Gordon sax tenor Wayne Shorter sax tenor Freddie Hubbard trumpet, fluegerhorn Donald Byrd trumpet Thad Jones flugelhorn Johnny Coles flugelhorn Paul Chambers bass Ron Carter bass Tony Williams drums Billy Higgins drums Chuck Israels bass Joe Chambers drums George Coleman sax tenor Grant Green guitar Hubert Laws flute Jerome Richardson flute, bass clarinet Stanley Turrentine sax tenor Butch Warren bass Bob Cranshaw bass Albert Stinson bass Buster Williams bass Eric Gale guitar Grachan Moncur III trombone Bobby Hutcherson vibraphone Jack Jeffers trombone Melvin Lastie cornet Jackie McLean sax alto Albert "Tootie" Heath drums Willie Bobo drums, timbales Peter Phillips bass trombone Tony Studd bass trombone Romeo Penque bass clarinet Reggie Workman bass Bernard "Pretty" Purdie drums Mickey Roker drums Osvaldo Martinez percussion, congas

Producer Duke Pearson Producer Michael Cuscuna Producer Alfred Lion Engineer Rudy Van Gelder Mastering Ron McMaster

Track list

Disc 1 71:25 01 Three Wishes (Hancock) 05:15 02 Empty Pockets (Hancock) 06:13 03 Empty Pockets (alt tk) (Hancock) 06:31 04 Three Bags Full (Hancock) 05:30 05 Three Bags Full (alt tk) (Hancock) 05:40 06 Watermelon Man (Hancock) 07:12 07 Watermelon Man (alt tk) (Hancock) 06:46 08 The Maze (Hancock) 06:50 09 Driftin' (Hancock) 07:02 10 Alone And I (Hancock) 06:30 11 Yams (Hancock) 07:56 Disc 2 72:11 01 A Tribute To Someone (Hancock) 08:45 02 King Cobra (Hancock) 06:56 03 Blind Man, Blind Man (Hancock) 08:20 04 Blind Man, Blind Man (al (Hancock) 08:35 05 The Pleasure Is Mine (Hancock) 04:06 06 And What If I Don't (Hancock) 06:36 07 Succotash (Hancock) 07:43 08 Triangle (Hancock) 11:05 09 Mimosa (alt tk) (Hancock) 10:05 Disc 3 75:15 01 Mimosa (Hancock) 08:40 02 A Jump Ahead (Hancock) 06:38 03 Jack Rabbit (Hancock) 06:03 04 Oliloqui Valley (alt tk) (Hancock) 10:50 05 One Finger Snap (Hancock) 07:21 06 Cantaloupe Island (Hancock) 05:34 07 The Egg (Hancock) 14:01 08 One Finger Snap (alt tk) (Hancock) 07:38 09 Oliloqui Valley (Hancock) 08:30 Disc 4 63:26 01 Maiden Voyage (Hancock) 08:00 02 The Eye Of The Hurricane (Hancock) 06:03 03 Dolphin Dance (Hancock) 09:21 04 Survival Of The Fittest (Hancock) 10:06 05 Little One (Hancock) 08:51 06 The Collector (Hancock) 06:58 07 Maiden Voyage (Hancock) 05:52 08 Theme From Blow Up (Hancock) 08:15 Disc 5 52:50 01 Riot (alt tk I) (Hancock) 04:58 02 Riot (alt tk II) (Hancock) 04:42 03 Riot (Hancock) 04:41 04 Speak Like A Child (Hancock) 07:52 05 First Trip (Hancock) 06:03 06 Goodbye To Childhood (alt tk) (Hancock) 05:55 07 Goodbye To Childhood (Hancock) 07:09 08 The Sorcerer (Hancock) 05:40 09 Toys (Hancock) 05:50 Disc 6 63:08 01 The Prisoner [alternate take/# (Hancock) 05:49 02 The Prisoner (Hancock) 07:59 03 He Who Lives in Fear (Hancock) 06:55 04 I Have a Dream (Hancock) 11:01 05 Firewater (Williams) 07:35 06 Firewater [alternate take/#] (Williams) 08:43 07 Promise of the Sun (Hancock) 07:58 08 Don't Even Go There [#] (Hancock) 07:08

Notes

AMG Review (5): 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. — Scott Yanow