Fat Albert Rotunda
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| Studio album by Herbie Hancock | ||||
| Released | December 8, 1969 | |||
| Recorded | May–June 1969 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, jazz-funk, soul, funk | |||
| Length | 33:41 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | David Rubinson | |||
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Fat Albert Rotunda is the eighth album by jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock, released in 1969. It also was the first album that Hancock had on the Warner Bros. Records label, since leaving Blue Note Records. The music was done for the special episode of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids TV show.
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[edit] About the Album
On this album Hancock changes his style radically and takes rather instrumental soul music than jazz as the basis of his compositions. Many songs also give hints of his forthcoming jazz-funk style that he fully approached a few years later. A perfect example of classic songs, such as "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" (which later turned up also on the 1978 Quincy Jones album, "Sounds...and Stuff Like That" in a more funk-esque type song) and "Jessica" (which later turned up on the 1977 Hancock album, VSOP: The Quintet.) The song Jessica also was sampled by Hip-Hop producer Havoc for Mobb Deep's now classic Shook Ones Pt. II.
[edit] Track listing
All Songs composed by Herbie Hancock. (Copyright Hancock Music Company-BMI)
- "Wiggle-Waggle" - (5:51)
- "Fat Mama" - (3:49)
- "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" - (5:01)
- "Oh! Oh! Here He Comes" - (4:08)
- "Jessica" - (4:13)
- "Fat Albert Rotunda" - (6:29)
- "Lil' Brother" - (4:26)
[edit] Personnel
- Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano
- Joe Henderson — tenor sax, alto flute
- Garnett Brown — trombone
- Johnny Coles — trumpet, flugelhorn
- Buster Williams — electric & acoustic bass
- Albert "Tootie" Heath — drums
- Eric Gale - guitar
[edit] Production
- Arranged & Conducted By Herbie Hancock
- Produced By David Rubinson
- Recorded & Engineered By Rudy Van Gelder
[edit] External links
[edit] Later Samples
- "Fat Mama"
- "If My Homie Calls" by 2Pac from the album 2Pacalypse Now
[edit] References
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011 [last update]). "Fat Albert Rotunda - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r140165. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
