The Essential Herbie Hancock
Greatest hits album by
Herbie Hancock
Released2006
Recorded1962 - 1998
GenreJazz, jazz fusion, R&B, acid jazz
LabelColumbia
Herbie Hancock chronology
Possibilities
(2005) 		The Essential Herbie Hancock
(2006) 		River: The Joni Letters
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Tom HullB+[2]

The Essential Herbie Hancock is the forty-sixth album by American jazz musician and pianist Herbie Hancock. It is part of Sony BMG's The Essential series. Unlike the box set The Herbie Hancock Box, this two-disc set is the first compilation of Hancock's music that included music from all the various recording labels for which Hancock recorded.

Track listing

Disc one

No.TitleLength
1."Watermelon Man" (from Takin' Off, 1962)7:12
2."'Round Midnight" (from the Sonny Rollins album Now's the Time, 1964)4:03
3."Cantaloupe Island" (from Empyrean Isles, 1964)5:30
4."Maiden Voyage" (from Maiden Voyage, 1965)7:55
5."Circle" (from the Miles Davis Quintet album Miles Smiles, 1967)5:48
6."The Sorcerer" (from Speak Like a Child, 1968)5:38
7."Tell Me a Bedtime Story" (from Fat Albert Rotunda, 1970)5:01
8."Hidden Shadows" (from Sextant, 1973)10:11
9."Chameleon" (from Head Hunters, 1973)15:41
10."Joanna's Theme" (from Death Wish, 1974)4:43

Disc two

No.TitleLength
1."Butterfly" (from Thrust, 1974)11:17
2."People Music" (from Secrets, 1976)7:08
3."Milestones" (from Herbie Hancock Trio, 1977)6:37
4."4 AM" (from Mr. Hands, 1980)5:22
5."Come Running To Me" (from Sunlight, 1978)8:24
6."Finger Painting" (from the V.S.O.P. album Five Stars, 1979)6:42
7."Stars In Your Eyes" (from Monster, 1980)7:05
8."Rockit" (from Future Shock, 1983)5:24
9."St. Louis Blues" (from Gershwin's World, 1998)5:50
10."Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love)" (from The New Standard, 1996)4:04

References

  1. ^ The Essential Herbie Hancock at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Herbie Hancock". Tom Hull. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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