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Takin' Off

December 15, 2023

Takin' Off is the debut album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock released in 1962[7] by Blue Note Records. Featuring 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.[8] The bluesy track "Watermelon Man" made it to the Top 100 of the singles charts,[8] and went on to become a jazz standard. Hancock released a funk arrangement of “Watermelon Man” on his 1973 album Head Hunters. Takin' Off was initially released on CD in 1996 and then again in remastered form in 2007 by Rudy Van Gelder.

Takin' Off
Studio album by
Herbie Hancock
ReleasedOctober 1962[1]
RecordedMay 28, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreSoul jazz, hard bop[2]
Length39:01
LabelBlue Note
ProducerAlfred Lion
Herbie Hancock chronology
Takin' Off
(1962) 		My Point of View
(1963)

Track listing edit

All compositions by Herbie Hancock.

Side one

  1. "Watermelon Man" – 7:09
  2. "Three Bags Full" – 5:27
  3. "Empty Pockets" – 6:09

Side two

  1. "The Maze" – 6:45
  2. "Driftin'" – 6:58
  3. "Alone and I" – 6:25

Bonus tracks on CD reissue

  1. "Watermelon Man" (alternate take) – 6:33
  2. "Three Bags Full" (alternate take) – 5:31
  3. "Empty Pockets" (alternate take) – 6:27

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Billboard Oct 22, 1962
  2. ^ Martin, Henry (2004). Essential Jazz: The First 100 Years. Cengage Learning. p. 243. ISBN 1111794278. Retrieved October 5, 2013. ...Takin' Off was a typical hard bop LP...
  3. ^ Huey, Steve (2011). "Takin' Off - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  4. ^ Down Beat: January 17, 1963 vol. 30, no. 2
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 93. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 640. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  7. ^ "Album".
  8. ^ a b Martin, Henry; & Waters, Keith (2005). Jazz: The First 100 Years. Thomas Wadsworth. p. 311. ISBN 0-534-62804-4

December 15, 2023
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