Herbie Hancock - Great Sessions (2006) {RVG Edition}
Artist: Herbie Hancock
Title: Great Sessions
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: Blue Note [0946 3 57463 2 7]
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 02:28:19
Total Size: 870 MB(+3%) | 350 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview
TracklistTitle: Great Sessions
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: Blue Note [0946 3 57463 2 7]
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 02:28:19
Total Size: 870 MB(+3%) | 350 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1 - Maiden Voyage
1 Maiden Voyage
2 The Eye of the Hurricane
3 Little One
4 Survival of the Fittest
5 Dolphin Dance
CD2 - Empyrean Isles
1. One Finger Snap
2. Oliloqui Valley
3. Cantaloupe Island
4. The Egg
5. One Finger Snap [alternate take]
6. Oliloqui Valley [alternate take]
CD3 - Speak Like a Child
1. Riot 4:40
2. Speak Like A Child 7:49
3. First Trip 6:01
4. Toys 5:53
5. Goodbye To Childhood 7:07
6. The Sorcerer 5:36
7. Riot (First Alternate Take) 4:55
8. Riot (Second Alternate Take) 4:40
9. Goodbye To Childhood (Alternate Take) 5:50
This installment of Blue Note's Great Sessions box set wonderfully captures the portrait of an artist as a young man who constantly helped to reinvent the jazz vernacular. The three discs in this set capture Herbie Hancock during the crucial formative years of his exploration of jazz and finding his place as a bandleader. 1964's Empyrean Isles, 1965's Maiden Voyage, and 1968's Speak Like a Child all capture some of Hancock's best performances, and also show how much influence such artists as Miles Davis and Gil Evans had on him. These are the Rudy Van Gelder editions, which were carefully remastered with painstaking attention and also include brand new liner notes giving insight into each of the sessions. If you don't already own these albums, this is a solid purchase and a wonderful way to start exploring the music of one of jazz's most important treasures.~Rob Theakston