Artist: 
Herbie Hancock

Inventions & Dimensions

Vinyl
€25,99

Release date: 11 October 2019

Article Number: 133401000

Material: 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 a NYC street do all the talking.

BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL EDITION: mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal, padded inner sleeves.

Tracklist

A1 Succotash 7:38

A2 Triangle 11:00

B1 Jack Rabbit 6:00

B2 Mimosa 8:35

B3 A Jump Ahead 6:35

 

Piano: Herbie Hancock, Bass: Paul Chambers, Drums: Willie BoboPercussions: Osvaldo “Chihuahua” Martinez

Get into the details

Format Album
Release Year 2019
Speed 33 RPM
Size 12"

Tracklist

  1. 1. Succotash
  2. 2. Triangle