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1962 studio album by Herbie Hancock
Takin' Off Herbie Hancock released on 4 July 1962[ 6] Blue Note Records . The recording session features Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and Dexter Gordon on tenor saxophone. The album is in the hard bop idiom, with its characteristic two horns and a rhythm section .[ 7] bluesy track "Watermelon Man " made it to the Top 100 of the singles charts,[ 7] jazz standard ; eventually, it spawned a funk-styled remake on Hancock's 1973 album Head Hunters [ 8] Rudy Van Gelder . The 2007 edition includes new liner notes by Bob Blumenthal.
Track listing
All compositions by Herbie Hancock.
"Watermelon Man " – 7:09 "Three Bags Full" – 5:27 "Empty Pockets" – 6:09 "The Maze" – 6:45 "Driftin'" – 6:58 "Alone and I" – 6:25 Bonus tracks on reissue
"Watermelon Man" (alternate take) – 6:33 "Three Bags Full" (alternate take) – 5:31 "Empty Pockets" (alternate take) – 6:27
Personnel
References
^ Billboard Oct 22, 1962^ Martin, Henry (2004). Essential Jazz: The First 100 Years Cengage Learning . p. 243. ISBN 1111794278 . Retrieved October 5, 2013 . ...Takin' Off was a typical hard bop LP... ^ Huey, Steve (2011). "Takin' Off - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic" . allmusic.com . Retrieved 26 June 2011 . ^ Down Beat : January 17, 1963 vol. 30, no. 2^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 93 . ISBN 0-394-72643-X ^ https://www.herbiehancock.com/music/discography/album/650/ ^ a b Martin, Henry; & Waters, Keith (2005). Jazz: The First 100 Years . Thomas Wadsworth. p. 311. ISBN 0-534-62804-4
^ Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; & Priestley, Brian (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz . St. Martin's Press . p. 331. ISBN 0-312-27870-5
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums
Open Sesame Goin' Up Hub Cap Minor Mishap Dedication! Duke Pearson , 1961)Ready for Freddie The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard Hub-Tones Here to Stay The Body & the Soul Breaking Point! Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank Jimmy Heath , 1965)The Night of the Cookers Blue Spirits Backlash High Blues Pressure A Soul Experiment The Black Angel The Hub of Hubbard Red Clay Straight Life Sing Me a Song of Songmy İlhan Mimaroğlu , 1970)First Light Polar AC Sky Dive Keep Your Soul Together Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One In Concert Volume Two Stanley Turrentine , 1974)High Energy Gleam Liquid Love Windjammer Bundle of Joy Super Blue The Love Connection Skagly Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 The Alternate Blues Clark Terry , Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson , 1980)The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 Born to Be Blue Keystone Bop: Sunday Night Outpost Rollin' Splash Above & Beyond Back to Birdland Face to Face Ride Like the Wind The Rose Tattoo Sweet Return Double Take Woody Shaw , 1985)Life Flight The Eternal Triangle Feel the Wind Art Blakey , 1988)Times Are Changing Topsy – Standard Book Bolivia At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles Live at Fat Tuesday's Blues for Miles MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon New Colors On the Real Side With Art /The WithDexter WithHerbie WithBobby WithQuincy WithWayne With
The Soul of the City Manny Albam , 1966)The Other Side of Abbey Road George Benson , 1969)Out of This World Walter Benton , 1960)True Blue Tina Brooks , 1960)God Bless the Child Kenny Burrell , 1971)Cables' Vision George Cables , 1979)Droppin' Things Betty Carter , 1990)Free Jazz Ornette Coleman , 1960)Olé Coltrane John Coltrane , 1961)Africa/Brass Ascension Muses for Richard Davis Outward Bound Eric Dolphy , 1960)Out to Lunch! Undercurrent Kenny Drew , 1960)Leaving This Planet Charles Earland , 1973)Booker 'n' Brass Booker Ervin , 1967)Interplay Bill Evans , 1962)Sonic Text Joe Farrell , 1979)Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone Curtis Fuller , 1960)Soul Trombone Cabin in the Sky Take a Number from 1 to 10 Benny Golson , 1961)Pop + Jazz = Swing Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty Sister Salvation Slide Hampton , 1960)Drum Suite The Quota Jimmy Heath , 1961)Triple Threat Big Band Joe Henderson , 1996)Pax Andrew Hill , 1965)Compulsion Sunflower Milt Jackson , 1972)Goodbye 52nd Street Billy Joel , 1978)Reg Strikes Back Elton John , 1988)J.J. Inc. J.J. Johnson , 1960)Echoes of an Era Chaka Khan , 1982)Essence John Lewis , 1960–62)Water Sign Jeff Lorber , 1979)Doin' the Thang! Ronnie Mathews , 1963)Bluesnik Jackie McLean , 1961)MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration Modern Jazz Quartet , 1994)Fingerpickin' Wes Montgomery , 1958)Roll Call Hank Mobley , 1960)The Blues and the Abstract Truth Oliver Nelson , 1961)Sweet Honey Bee Duke Pearson , 1966)The Right Touch Contours Sam Rivers , 1965)Drums Unlimited Max Roach , 1965)East Broadway Run Down Sonny Rollins , 1966)Numbers Rufus , 1978)Once a Thief and Other Themes Lalo Schifrin , 1965)Giant Box Don Sebesky , 1973)Sugar Stanley Turrentine , 1970)Together McCoy Tyner , 1978)Quartets 4 X 4 Soundscapes Cedar Walton , 1980)Uhuru Afrika Randy Weston , 1960)Blue Moses
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