{"title":"Herbie Hancock","description":"\u003cp\u003eShop Herbie Hancock vinyl records at Bondi Records — LPs, reissues and limited pressings. Free shipping across Australia on vinyl orders over $199. Browse the full range below, or \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us?reason=Request+a+record#contact-message\"\u003erequest a record\u003c\/a\u003e if you can not find it.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"herbie-hancock-takin-off-vinyl-lp-record","title":"Herbie Hancock - Takin' Off - Vinyl LP Record","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\" id=\"p-rc_b7ce3b90e945cd5d-727\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1433\"\u003eOriginally recorded and released in 1962 for Blue Note Records, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"64\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1433\"\u003eTakin' Off\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1433 citation-end-1433\"\u003e is the monumental debut album by pioneering pianist and composer Herbie Hancock.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-1432 citation-end-1432\"\u003eArriving fully formed at just 22 years old, Hancock spearheaded a masterclass session that would alter the course of modern jazz.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\" id=\"p-rc_b7ce3b90e945cd5d-728\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1431\"\u003eThe album is a definitive cornerstone of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1431\"\u003eHard Bop and Soul Jazz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1431 citation-end-1431\"\u003e genres.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"4\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-1430 citation-end-1430\"\u003eBalancing intricate, cerebral sophistication with pure, accessible groove, the record introduces Hancock's unique harmonic depth.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"5\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-1429\"\u003eBacked by an all-star quintet featuring veteran tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Butch Warren, and drummer Billy Higgins, the album is famously anchored by the bluesy, infectious masterpiece \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1429\"\u003e\"Watermelon Man\", \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1429 citation-end-1429\"\u003ea track that climbed the pop charts and became an eternal jazz standard.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"6\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e From the driving rhythm of \"Three Bags Full\" to the late-night, ruminative ballad \"Alone and I,\" this record is an absolute essential for any serious jazz head. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e1LP, heavyweight 180g black vinyl reissue in gatefold jacket. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack list:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 Watermelon Man \u003cbr\u003eA2 Three Bags Full \u003cbr\u003eA3 Empty Pockets \u003cbr\u003eB1 The Maze \u003cbr\u003eB2 Driftin' \u003cbr\u003eB3 Alone And I\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herbie Hancock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47672239915292,"sku":"HEHATAOF2408","price":44.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/6066\/8345\/files\/herbie-hancock-takin-off-vinyl-lp-record-7900474.png?v=1782923889"},{"product_id":"herbie-hancock-head-hunters-vinyl-lp-record","title":"Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters - Vinyl LP Record","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are few artists in the music industry who have had more influence on acoustic and electronic jazz and R\u0026amp;B than Herbie Hancock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1963, Miles Davis invited Hancock to join the Miles Davis Quintet. During his five years with Davis, Herbie recorded many classics with the jazz legend including ESP, Nefertiti and Sorcerer, and later on he made appearances on Davis' groundbreaking In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHancock's own solo career blossomed on Blue Note, with classic albums including Maiden Voyage, Empyrean Isles and Speak Like A Child. After leaving Davis' fold, Herbie put together a new band called The Headhunters and, in 1973 in San Francisco, recorded Head Hunters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHead Hunters became not only Hancock's best-selling album but also the second highest-selling jazz album of all time (at last RIAA count). It was in 1973 that he gathered a new band to combine electric music with funk, perhaps best exemplified in the pop music of Sly Stone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHancock took over all synthesizer duties, along with Fender Rhodes and clavinet and was backed by bass and drums. The opening bars of \"Watermelon Man\" with Bill Summers blowing into a beer bottle and the band's funky grooves and new electric sounds captured the crossover fans who had otherwise avoided buying jazz records.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHead Hunters was a pivotal point in Hancock's career, bringing him into the vanguard of jazz fusion. Hancock had pushed avant-garde boundaries on his albums and with Miles Davis, but he had never devoted himself to the groove as he did on Head Hunters. Drawing heavily from Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield and James Brown, Hancock developed deeply funky, even gritty, rhythms over which he soloed on electric synthesizers, bringing the instrument to the forefront in jazz. It had all of the sensibilities of jazz, particularly in the way it wound off into long improvisations. Still, its rhythms were firmly planted in funk, soul and R\u0026amp;B, giving it a mass appeal that made it the biggest-selling jazz album of all time (a record that was later broken).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJazz purists decried the experiments at the time, but Head Hunters still sounds fresh and vital four decades after its initial release, and its genre-bending proved vastly influential on not only jazz but funk, soul and hip-hop.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack list:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 Chameleon 15:43\u003cbr\u003eA2 Watermelon Man 6:30\u003cbr\u003eB1 Sly 10:19\u003cbr\u003eB2 Vein Melter 9:10\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herbie Hancock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47746713911580,"sku":"HEHAHEHU2524","price":119.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/6066\/8345\/products\/herbie-hancock-head-hunters-vinyl-lp-record-665732.jpg?v=1707651131"},{"product_id":"herbie-hancock-takin-off-the-original-debut-recording-marbled-vinyl-lp-record","title":"Herbie Hancock – Takin’ Off - The Original Debut Recording - Marbled Vinyl LP Record","description":"\u003cp\u003eTakin‘ Off is the brilliant debut album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. It was released on July 4, 1962 by Blue Note Records. Joined by tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins, Talkin‘ Off became an outstanding album of jazz. The bluesy track Watermelon Man made the Top 100 singles chart and became a jazz standard. The popularity of the track ensured Hancock‘s existence for quite a few years. Since then, the piece has been recorded by more than 200 musicians. Hancock began his career in the group of trumpeter Donald Byrd. Shortly after, he joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the main contributors to the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, Hancock experimented with jazz fusion, funk and electro styles, using a wide range of synthesizers and electronics. His 2007 Joni Mitchell tribute album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, becoming only the second jazz album to win the award after Getz\/Gilberto in 1965. Since 2012, Hancock has been a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he teaches at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and is chairman of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack list:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide A\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatermelon Man  \u003cbr\u003eThree Bags Full  \u003cbr\u003eEmpty Pockets \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide B\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Maze  \u003cbr\u003eDriftin‘  \u003cbr\u003eAlone And I\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herbie Hancock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780845961500,"sku":"HEHATAOF7134","price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/6066\/8345\/files\/herbie-hancock-takin-off-the-original-debut-recording-marbled-vinyl-lp-record-412650.jpg?v=1746197375"},{"product_id":"herbie-hancock-mwandishi-dark-green-vinyl-lp-record","title":"Herbie Hancock -  Mwandishi - Dark Green Vinyl LP Record","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis album is one of \u003c\/span\u003eHerbie Hancock's first departures from the traditional idioms of jazz, as well as the beginning of an original and creative style which eventually appealed to a wider audience. In addition, \u003cem\u003eMwandishi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was Hancock's attempt at continuing the musical principles and styles he explored in his previous experiences with Miles Davis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eTrack list:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide 1:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOstinato (Suite For Angela)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou'll Know When You Get There\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide 2:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWandering Spirit Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Herbie Hancock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53214431510812,"sku":"HEHAMW8741","price":68.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/6066\/8345\/files\/herbie-hancock-mwandishi-dark-green-vinyl-lp-record-1024632.jpg?v=1761234725"},{"product_id":"herbie-hancock-secret-vinyl-lp-record","title":"Herbie Hancock - Secret - Vinyl LP Record","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eReleased in 1976, \u003cem data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"132\"\u003eSecrets\u003c\/em\u003e is a landmark album by jazz keyboardist and composer Herbie Hancock, showcasing his fusion of jazz, funk and electric instrumentation during the mid-1970s. The album continues the groove-oriented direction he’d been exploring with the Headhunters and other ensembles, but leans toward a smoother, more polished sound built around rich Rhodes piano, analog synthesizers, electric guitar (notably by Wah Wah Watson), and a tight rhythm section. The mood ranges from danceable funk to ambient textures and reflective grooves. In its vinyl format, the album provides warm analog clarity, capturing Hancock’s inventive keyboard work and the ensemble’s layered sound beautifully. It remains a key example of jazz-funk fusion and sits at an intersection of sophistication and accessibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack list:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"613\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"611\"\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"667\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"627\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"627\"\u003eDoin’ It\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"628\" data-end=\"645\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"645\"\u003ePeople Music\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"667\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"667\"\u003eCantelope Island\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"681\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"679\"\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"747\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"693\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"693\"\u003eSpider\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"694\" data-end=\"714\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"714\"\u003eGentle Thoughts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"729\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"718\" data-end=\"729\"\u003eSwamp Rat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"730\" data-end=\"747\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"747\"\u003eSansho Shima\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Herbie Hancock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53214456381724,"sku":"HEHASE8742","price":74.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/6066\/8345\/files\/herbie-hancock-secret-vinyl-lp-record-2148468.jpg?v=1761234725"},{"product_id":"herbie-hancock-sextant-vinyl-lp-record","title":"Herbie Hancock -  Sextant - Vinyl LP Record","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSextant\u003c\/em\u003e from 1973 was recorded just before Head Hunters, and can be seen in the same vein, but it's more than just an introduction to a masterpiece. 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