Hancock, Herbie - Inventions & Dimensions

NEW VINYL LP ON BLUE NOTE 2019

180 GRAM VINYL.

For his third Blue Note album Inventions & Dimensions (1963), pianist Herbie Hancock began moving away from the modernist hard bop sound that defined his first two albums Takin¡¯ Off and My Point Of View. Inspired by explorers like Eric Dolphy and Tony Williams, Hancock went in search of greater musical freedom by composing a set of ingenious originals each with their own unique inner logic that did away with what he considered the established jazz ¡°assumptions¡± of the time. Hancock also pared the instrumentation down to feature his piano with Paul Chambers¡¯ bass and a nuanced rhythmic bed laid down by percussionists Willie Bobo and Osvaldo ¡°Chihuahua¡± Martinez. On the album¡¯s unforgettable cover the designer Reid Miles lets Francis Wolff¡¯s imposing photo of Hancock on an NYC street do all the talking.

Tracklist

A1: Succotash
A2: Triangle

B1: Jack Rabbit
B2: Mimosa
B3: A Jump Ahead

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