Hancock, Herbie - Sextant (180g Import VINYL LP Music On Vinyl MOVLP522_ | NEW

Label: Music On Vinyl – MOVLP522, Columbia – KC 2312
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180 Gram
Country: Europe
Released: May 24, 2012
Genre: Electronic, Jazz
Style: Fusion, Electro

A1        Rain Dance    9:16
A2        Hidden Shadows    10:13
B        Hornets    19:36

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Manufactured By – Music On Vinyl B.V.
Manufactured For – Sony Music Entertainment
Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment
Pressed By – Record Industry – 92176
Bass Trombone, Tenor Trombone, Trombone [Alto], Cowbell – Pepo (2)
Congas, Bongos – Buck Clarke
Drums – Jabali
Electric Bass [Fender], Effects [Wah-Wah And Fuzz], Acoustic Bass – Mchezaji
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet [Hohner D-6], Effects [Fender Fuzz-Wah And Echoplex], Percussion [Dakka-Di-Bello], Mellotron, Piano [Steinway Piano], Handclaps – Mwandishi
Engineer [Re-Mix] – David Rubinson
Engineer [Recording] – Fred Catero, Jerry Zatkin*
Engineer [Recording], Mixed By [On Synthesizer And Melotron] – John Vieira
Mixed By [Special Monitor Mix] – Fundi (2)
Painting [Cover] – Robert Springett
Producer – David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Piccolo Flute, Afoxé [Afuche], Kazoo [Hum-A-Zoo] – Mwile
Synthesizer [Arp 2600 And Soloist] – Dr. Patrick Gleeson*
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Mganga
Written-By – Herbie Hancock
Originally released ℗ & © 1973
This release ℗ & © 2012
Made in the EU.
Barcode: 8718469530670

Reissued on 180 gram Vinyl, this classic jazz album is finally available on LP for the first time in over 30 years.

Personnel: Herbie Hancock (acoustic & Fender Rhodes pianos, Clavinet, Mellotron, hand claps); Bennie Maupin (soprano saxophone, piccolo, bass clarinet, afuche); Dr. Eddie Henderson (trumpet, flugelhorn); Julian Priester (alto, tenor & bass trombones, cowbell); Dr. Patrick Gleeson (ARP synthesizer); Buster Williams (acoustic & electric basses); Billy Hart (drums); Buck Clark (bongos, congas).
Producer: David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
Reissue producer: Bob Belden.
Engineers: Fred Catero, Jerry Zatkin, John Vieira.
Recorded at Wally Heiders and Different Fur Trading Co., San Francisco, California in 1973. Includes liner notes by Bob Belden.
Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Tom Ruff (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).
SEXTANT is a perfect example of how CD reissues of long out of print records can gain more respect when brought to the broader, modern context. The first recording Hancock made for Columbia and the last one done with his Mwandishi octet, a group deeply under the influence of Miles Davis' experimentation with electronics and global polyrhythms, SEXTANT was dismissed upon its release as a fusion-absorbed bastardization of jazz forms and melody-free dead ends. But heard through modern ears seduced by Miles' global funk and Brian Eno's soundscapes, it's a revelation, forecasting a future that may or may not have anything to do with Jazz.
It starts with a flurry of backbeats amidst a funk bottom, as bassist Buster Williams and drummer Billy Hart swing wickedly on midtempo grooves and percussionist Buck Clarke adds a light layer of speedier rhythms. Bennie Maupin, Eddie Henderson and Julian Priester's horns keep the music at least slightly grounded in the electric jazz idiom. Still, the true alchemists in this sonic play are Hancock (strapped in a cockpit of keyboards and synthesizers, orchestrating the chaos) and synthesizer technician Patrick Gleason, whose special effects impregnate these three tracks with a futurism beyond its years.

• Condition: NEW
• Format: Vinyl
• Internal ID: 8718469530670
• Format Detail: LP
• Genre: JAZZ
• Released: 2012-06-05