Herbie Hancock Takin Off ( HQ 180g vinyl LP )

Release date: 10-05-2019 (Originally released in 1970)

2019 Blue Note 80th Vinyl Reissue Series ( 180g vinyl LP )

Herbie Hancock's Blue Note 1962 debut features “Watermelon Man”, “The Maze”, “Driftin”, “Three Bags Full”, “Alone & I”,and “Empty Pockets”, features the incomparable horn duo of Freddy Hubbard & Dexter Gordon.

Tracks:
A1 Watermelon Man
A2 Three Bags Full
A3 Empty Pockets
B1 The Maze
B2 Driftin'
B3 Alone And I

• HERBIE’S CLASSIC DEBUT ALBUM
• RECORDED AT THE VAN GELDER STUDIO, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY, ON 28TH MAY 1962
• FEATURING A TRULY IMPRESSIVE QUINTET OF FREDDIE HUBBARD (TRUMPET), DEXTER GORDON (TENOR), BUTCH WARREN (BASS) AND BILLY HIGGINS (DRUMS)
• ROOTED FIRMLY IN HARD BOP BUT ALSO SHOWCASING THE EXQUISITE BALLAD ‘ALONE AND I’
• FEATURES THE ALL-TIME CLASSIC HERBIE STANDARD ‘WATERMELON MAN’, A TOP 100 POP HIT FOR HERBIE AND #10 HIT FOR MONGO SANTAMARIA
• PRODUCED BY ALFRED LION
• THE FAMOUS COVER ART WAS DESIGNED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY REID MILES