Herbie Hancock "Takin' Off" LP

Takin' Off is the debut album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock released in 1962. The album features veteran tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins. The album is a creative example of music in the hard bop idiom. The bluesy track "Watermelon Man" made it to the Top 100 of the singles charts, and went on to become a jazz standard.