VSOP (album)

V.S.O.P.
Live album by Herbie Hancock
Released	April 1977
Recorded	1976
Genre	Jazz
Length	86:35
Label	Columbia
Producer	David Rubinson
Herbie Hancock chronology
Secrets (1976) V.S.O.P. (1977) Herbie Hancock Trio (1977)

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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

V.S.O.P. is a 1977 double live album by pianist and keyboard player Herbie Hancock, featuring acoustic jazz performances by the V.S.O.P. Quintet (Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Tony Williams), and jazz fusion and jazz-funk performances by the Mwandishi band (with Eddie Henderson) and The Headhunters (featuring Bennie Maupin and Paul Jackson).

Track listing

1. "Piano Introduction" - 4:33
2. "Maiden Voyage" (Hancock) - 13:18
3. "Nefertiti" (Shorter) - 5:17
4. "Introduction of Players/Eye of the Hurricane" (Hancock) - 18:35
5. "Toys" (Hancock) - 14:00
6. "Introductions" - 1:47
7. "You'll Know When You Get There" (Hancock) - 7:00
8. "Hang Up Your Hang Ups" (Hancock, Jackson, Ragin) - 11:54
9. "Spider" (Hancock, Jackson, Ragin) -10:12

Recorded Live At Newport Jazz Festival - New York City Center - New York, New York - Tuesday, June 29, 1976.

Tracks 1-4 performed by V.S.O.P., Tracks 5-7 performed by Mwandishi, Tracks 8-9 performed by the Headhunters.

Personnel

Musicians

on 1

• Herbie Hancock – electric piano

on 2,3,4

• Herbie Hancock – electric piano
• Ron Carter – bass
• Tony Williams – drums
• Wayne Shorter – soprano sax, tenor sax
• Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn

on 5,6,7

• Herbie Hancock – electric piano, rhodes, clavinet
• Buster Williams – bass
• Billy Hart – drums
• Eddie Henderson – trumpet, flugelhorn, sound effects
• Bennie Maupin – alto flute
• Julian Priester – tenor & bass trombone

on 8,9

• Herbie Hancock – electric piano, rhodes, clavinet, synthesizer, fx
• Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin – guitar
• Ray Parker, Jr. – guitar
• Paul Jackson – electric bass
• James Levi – drums
• Kenneth Nash – percussion
• Bennie Maupin – tenor & soprano saxes, lyricon

Production

• Fred Catero – engineer
• David Rubinson – engineer, producer