Herbie Hancock – Thrust (1974)(Hi-Res, 2001)

Artist: Herbie Hancock
Title Of Album: Thrust
Year Of Release: 1974/2001
Label (Catalog#) : Columbia/Legacy
Country:: USA
Genre: Fusion, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock
Quality: FLAC (*tracks)
Bitrate: 24bit / 96kHz
Time: 38:50
Full Size: 790Mb(+3%)
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The follow-up to the breakthrough Headhunters album was virtually as good as its wildly successful predecessor: an earthy, funky, yet often harmonically and rhythmically sophisticated tour de force. There is only one change in the Headhunters lineup -- swapping drummer Harvey Mason for Mike Clark -- and the switch results in grooves that are even more complex. Hancock continues to reach into the rapidly changing high-tech world for new sounds, most notably the metallic sheen of the then-new ARP string synthesizer which was already becoming a staple item on pop and jazz-rock records. Again, there are only four long tracks, three of which ("Palm Grease," "Actual Proof," "Spank-A-Lee") concentrate on the funk, with plenty of Hancock's wah-wah clavinet, synthesizer textures and effects, and electric piano ruminations that still venture beyond the outer limits of post-bop. The change-of-pace is one of Hancock's loveliest electric pieces, "Butterfly," a match for any tune he's written before or since, with shimmering synth textures and Bennie Maupin soaring on soprano (Hancock would re-record it 20 years later on Dis Is Da Drum, but this is the one to hear). This supertight jazz-funk quintet album still sounds invigorating a quarter of a century later. BY Richard S. Ginell

Tracks:
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1. Palm Grease - 10:38
2. Actual Proof - 9:42
3. Butterfly - 11:18
4. Spank-A-Lee - 7:12

Personnel:
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Herbie Hancock — Keyboards
Bennie Maupin — Clarinet (Bass), Flute (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Paul Jackson — Bass
Mike Clark — Drums
Oren Waters — Vocals
Bill Summers — Percussion

All thanks to original releaser