Herbie Hancock - Man Child (1975)

Artist: Herbie Hancock
Title Of Album: Man Child
Year Of Release: 1975
Label: Columbia
Genre: Jazz Funk
Format: FLAC (Tracks)+CUE, LOG
Quality: Lossless
Total Time: 00:45:00
Total Size: 277 mb

Review by Jim Newsom

Perhaps the funkiest album of Herbie Hancock's early- to mid-'70s jazz/funk/fusion era, Man-Child starts off with the unforgettable "Hang Up Your Hang Ups," and the beat just keeps coming until the album's end. "Sun Touch" and "Bubbles" are slower, but funky nonetheless. Hancock is the star on his arsenal of keyboards, but guitarist Wah Wah Watson's presence is what puts a new sheen on this recording, distinguishing it from its predecessors, Head Hunters and Thrust. Others among the all-star cast of soloists and accompanists include Wayne Shorter on soprano sax, Stevie Wonder on chromatic harmonica, and longtime Hancock cohort Bennie Maupin on an arsenal of woodwinds.

Tracks:

1. Hang Up Your Hang Ups 7:28
2. Sun Touch 5:11
3. The Traitor 9:38
4. Bubbles 9:03
5. Steppin' In It 8:41
6. Heartbeat 5:20

Personnel:

Herbie Hancock (piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, ARP Odyssey, Oberheim synthesizer, Clavinet, synthesizer); Bennie Maupin (tenor & soprano saxophones, saxello, bass clarinet, bass, alto flute); Ernie Watts, Jim Horn (saxophone, flute); Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone); Bud Brisbois, Jay DaVersa (trumpet); Garnett Brown (trombone); Dick Hyde (tuba, bass trombone); Stevie Wonder (harmonica); Wah Wah Watson (guitar, synthesizer); Blackbird McKnight, David T. Walker (guitar); Paul Jackson, Louis Johnson, Henry Davis (bass); Mike Clark, Harvey Mason, James Gadson (drums); Bill Summers (percussion).

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