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Takin' off Herbie Hancock Blue Note 80 edition
Takin' off
Herbie Hancock
- HERBIE'S CLASSIC DEBUT ALBUM
- RECORDED AT THE VAN GELDER STUDIO, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY, ON 28TH MAY 1962
- FEATURING A TRULY IMPRESSIVE QUINTET OF FREDDIE HUBBARD (TRUMPET), DEXTER GORDON (TENOR), BUTCH WARREN (BASS) AND BILLY HIGGINS (DRUMS)
- ROOTED FIRMLY IN HARD BOP BUT ALSO SHOWCASING THE EXQUISITE BALLAD 'ALONE AND I'
- FEATURES THE ALL-TIME CLASSIC HERBIE STANDARD 'WATERMELON MAN', A TOP 100 POP HIT FOR HERBIE AND #10 HIT FOR MONGO SANTAMARIA
- PRODUCED BY ALFRED LION
- THE FAMOUS COVER ART WAS DESIGNED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY REID MILES
1962 ALBUM / BLUE NOTE DEBUTS ON 180GR. VINYL
| Media | Music VINYL LP (Vinyl) |
| Number of records | 1 |
| Released | May 10, 2019 |
| EAN/UPC | 0602577423994 |
| Label | BLUE NOTE 060257742399 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Dimensions | 313 × 314 × 4 mm · 261 g |
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