Condition: Used
Herbie Hancock – The Best Of Herbie Hancock
Label: Columbia
Cat#: JC 36309
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Record: VG++
Cover: VG+ cornerwear, ringwear, one inch pen mark top right
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Funk / Soul, Jazz
Style: Fusion, Jazz-Funk, Funk
Tracklist
Doin' It 6:43
I Thought It Was You 8:55
Chameleon 7:38
Hang Up Your Hang Ups 7:27
You Bet Your Love 8:11
Tell Everybody 7:48
When he burst on the jazz scene in 1963 as a member of Miles Davis's famous ensemble, Herbie Hancock had a hit single with "Watermelon Man." Even when he branched off on his own later in the decade, he still kept one foot in the pop world. comprises Hancock's most successful singles. Hancock was a master of the synthesizer and also had a distinctive voice on electric piano, which influenced Patrice Rushen, Billy Childs, and many others. He employed his technical wizardry to produce an Afrocentric, James Brown-Sly Stone groove on his smash album Headhunters, which yielded the immortal 15-minute jam "Chameleon"
When the disco era spelled doom for most jazz artists, Hancock was able to keep afloat and create a few gems. The catchy, cascading Fender Rhodes hook on "I Thought It Was You" contrasted beautifully with Hancock's spectral, electronic vocals filtered through a then-new device called a vocoder.
"Ready or Not" is a hip-shaking shout-out to the ageless funketeer George Clinton.
Herbie Hancock - Chameleon (Live)
One of the greatest funk basslines ever
Herbie Hancock - Hang Up Your Hangups (1979)
That cut at @7:19 was so wack. That's one of the best parts of the song.
Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You
Herbie pioneered the use of the Vocoder on this classic track from his 1978 LP "Sunlight".
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