Description
Takin' Off is the debut album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock released in 1962 by Blue Note Records. Featuring veteran tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins. The album is a creative example of music in the hard bop idiom. The bluesy track "Watermelon Man" made it to the Top 100 of the singles charts, and went on to become a jazz standard. Hancock released a funk arrangement of “Watermelon Man” on his 1973 album Head Hunters. Takin' Off was initially released on CD in 1996 and then again in remastered form in 2007 by Rudy Van Gelder.
Release Info
Artist: Herbie Hancock
Label: Blue Note
Format: LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Country: USA & Europe
Label: Blue Note
Released: 2019-05-10
Genre: Jazz
Style: Bop
Tracklist
A1 Watermelon Man
A2 Three Bags Full
A3 Empty Pockets
B1 The Maze
B2 Driftin'
B3 Alone And I