Herbie Hancock - Death Wish (Original Soundtrack), Side One - 197424 bit, 44100 hz stereo vinyl transfer via Pioneer PLX-500 direct drive turntable.All audio. Find Herbie Hancock discography, albums and singles on AllMusic. Find Herbie Hancock discography, albums and singles on AllMusic AllMusic. Featured New Releases. Death Wish Original Soundtrack Sony Music 1974: Dedication: Wounded Bird. Herbie Hancock was heavily into electronics at this time in his career (mid 70's), and is displayed with brilliant effect on 'Death Wish'. For me, this is some of the best work he ever composed and is timeless. The orchestrations, as well, are magnificent. On 'Death Wish', he used some of the same players that were in his jazz/funk group at the.
| Man-Child | ||||
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| Released | August 22, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1974–75 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco; Village Recorders, Los Angeles; Funky Features, San Francisco; Crystal Studios, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 45:17 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | David Rubinson, Herbie Hancock | |||
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| Allmusic | [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Man-Child is the fifteenth studio album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. The record was released on August 22, 1975 by Columbia Records.
Overview[edit]
It is arguably one of his most funk-influenced albums and it represents his further departure from the 'spacey, higher atmosphere jazz,' as he referred to it, of his earlier career. Hancock uses more funk based rhythms around the hi-hat, and snare drum. The tracks are characterized by short, repeated riffs by both the rhythm section, horns accompaniment, and bass lines. Man-Child features less improvisation from the whole band and more concentrated grooves with brief solos from the horns and Hancock himself on synthesizer and Fender Rhodes piano on top of the repeated riffs. This album features the addition of electric guitar to his new sound, which he started only five years prior to this album with Fat Albert Rotunda. The guitarists featured on this album were Melvin 'Wah-Wah Watson' Ragin, DeWayne 'Blackbyrd' McKnight and David T. Walker. Their extensive use of wah-wah pedal and accenting chords on the up-beat rather than the down-beat is what helps to give the album a distinct and funkier rhythm that is broken up by brief periods of stop-time where only the sustained chords are heard from the electric guitar with an open wah pedal. The riffs are fast-paced and energetic with repeating patterns that combine with multiple voices (i.e. horns, piano, bass, synthesizer, guitar and drums and percussion). The horn section in 'Hang Up Your Hang-Ups' plays repeated riffs in unison that alternate with and are answered by electric piano, synthesizer, and electric guitar in brief periods of call and response.
Paul Jackson, Bill Summers, Harvey Mason, Bennie Maupin, and Mike Clark (who replaced Harvey Mason post-1974) formed the core of the group the Headhunters with which Hancock had toured and recorded for the previous three years. This was their final album as a group.
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Herbie Hancock except where noted.
Herbie Hancock Death Wish
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'Hang Up Your Hang Ups' (Hancock, Ragin, Jackson) | 7:29 |
| 2. | 'Sun Touch' | 5:12 |
| 3. | 'The Traitor' (Hancock, Ragin, Johnson, Shorter) | 9:38 |
| 4. | 'Bubbles' (Hancock, Ragin) | 9:03 |
| 5. | 'Steppin' in It' | 8:42 |
| 6. | 'Heartbeat' (Hancock, Ragin, Jackson) | 5:16 |
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Personnel[edit]
- Herbie Hancock – piano, keyboards
- Bud Brisbois – trumpet
- Jay DaVersa – trumpet
- Garnett Brown – trombone
- Dick Hyde – trombone, tuba
- Wayne Shorter – alto and soprano saxophones
- Bennie Maupin – soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, alto and bass flutes, saxello, percussion
- Jim Horn – flute, saxophone
- Ernie Watts – flute, saxophone
- Dewayne McKnight, David T. Walker – guitar
- Wah Wah Watson – synthesizer, voice bag, guitar
- Henry E. Davis – bass guitar
- Paul Jackson – bass guitar
- Louis Johnson – bass guitar
- Mike Clark – drums
- James Gadson – drums
- Harvey Mason – drums
- Stevie Wonder – harmonica
- Bill Summers – percussion
References[edit]
- ^Newsom, Jim (2011). 'Man-Child - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic'. allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 July 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN0-394-72643-X.
- ^Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 642. ISBN978-0-141-03401-0.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)