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''Crossings'', along with ''[[Fat Albert Rotunda]]'' and ''[[Mwandishi]]'', was reissued in one set as ''Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings'' in 1994 and as ''The Warner Bros. Years (1969-1972)'' in 2014. |
''Crossings'', along with ''[[Fat Albert Rotunda]]'' and ''[[Mwandishi]]'', was reissued in one set as ''Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings'' in 1994 and as ''The Warner Bros. Years (1969-1972)'' in 2014. |
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==Reception== |
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A reviewer of [[Dusty Groove]] commented "Herbie Hancock further expands his cosmic vision in this groundbreaking album of free-flowing fusiony tracks – a record that really steps up his range of keyboards, mixing in both acoustic and electric pianos, mellotron, and even a bit of spacey moog from the legendary Patrick Gleeson! The whole thing is wonderful – very open and flowing, and even more organic than Hancock's later work on Columbia – especially given the length of the tracks on the set".<ref>{{cite web |title=Herbie Hancock : Crossings (LP, Vinyl record album) |url=https://www.dustygroove.com/item/909060?sf=Herbie+Hancock&incl_oos=1&incl_cs=1&kwfilter=Herbie+Hancock&sort_order=artist |publisher=[[Dusty Groove]] |accessdate=16 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref> |
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== Track listing == |
== Track listing == |
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Revision as of 13:07, 13 April 2022
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| Released | End of May 1972[1] | |||
| Recorded | February 15–17, 1972 | |||
| Studio | Pacific Recording Studios, San Mateo; Different Fur Trading Company, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 46:21 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | David Rubinson | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Crossings is the tenth album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1972. It is the second album in his Mwandishi period, which saw him experimenting in electronics and funk with a sextet featuring saxophonist Bennie Maupin, trumpeter Eddie Henderson, trombonist Julian Priester, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Billy Hart. The album is the band's first to feature synthesizer player Patrick Gleeson. He was scheduled to "set up his Moog for Hancock to play." However, Hancock was so impressed with Gleeson that he "asked Gleeson not only to do the overdubs on the album but join the group."[5]
Crossings, along with Fat Albert Rotunda and Mwandishi, was reissued in one set as Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings in 1994 and as The Warner Bros. Years (1969-1972) in 2014.
Track listing
Original LP
Side A
- "Sleeping Giant" (Herbie Hancock) – 24:50
Side B
- "Quasar" (Bennie Maupin) – 7:27
- "Water Torture" (Maupin) – 14:04
Personnel
- Herbie Hancock – piano, electric piano, mellotron, percussion
- Eddie Henderson – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
- Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet, piccolo, percussion
- Julian Priester – tenor and alto trombones, bass, percussion
- Buster Williams – bass guitar, double bass, percussion
- Billy Hart – drums, percussion
With:
- Patrick Gleeson – Moog synthesizer
- Victor Pantoja – congas
- Candy Love, Sandra Stevens, Della Horne, Victoria Domagalski, Scott Beach – voices
References
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 Herbie Hancock - Sleeping Giant | |
| Herbie Hancock - Water torture |
- ^ Billboard May 27, 1972
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 642. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Stuart Nicholson's notes for the 2001 Warner Bros. CD reissue.
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