Herbie Hancock “Takin' Off” LP

Takin' Off puts the focus on piano and keyboards moving between hard bop, modal jazz, fusion, funk, and electronic texture.

• Hancock's debut as a leader features Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins.
• “Watermelon Man” turned a bluesy, syncopated piano figure into one of Hancock's most enduring compositions.
• The session already shows the harmonic sophistication and rhythmic flexibility that would define Hancock's Blue Note years.

For fans of Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, and Chick Corea.

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