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Description Ripped from original CD with Exact Audio Copy.  Art, cue sheet & Rip log included. All tracks are Properly tagged with art embedded in tag. Herbie Hancock - 1969 - The Prisoner (2000 Japan Expanded Remaster) [EAC FLAC]  Herbie Hancock  Hancock playing a Roland AX-7 keytar, 2006 Wikipedia: Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor. Starting his career with Donald Byrd, he shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet where Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. He was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk music. Hancock's music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs "cross over" and achieved success among pop audiences. His music embraces elements of funk and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz. In his jazz improvisation, he possesses a unique creative blend of jazz, blues, and modern classical music, with harmonic stylings much like the styles of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Hancock's best-known compositions include "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man" (later performed by dozens of musicians, including bandleader Mongo Santamaría), "Maiden Voyage", "Chameleon", and the singles "I Thought It Was You" and "Rockit". His 2007 tribute album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album ever to win the award, after Getz/Gilberto in 1965. The Prisoner  Artist: Herbie Hancock Title: The Prisoner Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Expanded, Remastered Country: Japan Producer: Duke Pearson Release Date: 1969, (October 10, 2000) Recorded: April 18, 21 & 23, 1969 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Label: Blue Note Records RVG Edition Catalog: 7243 5 25649 2 7 Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-bop Duration: 65:46 Wikipedia: The Prisoner is the seventh album by Herbie Hancock, his final on the Blue Note label, released and recorded in 1969. His next record would be on Warner Bros. Records. Hancock confessed in 1969 that he had been able to get closer to his real self with this album than on any other previous ones. He praised flute player Hubert Laws and his merits on the album, also pointing out that Laws was one of the finest flute players in classical or jazz music. Just like his ambitious Speak Like a Child, The Prisoner stands as an example of "social statement written in music". The title track wants to express "how black people have been imprisoned for a long time." The piece was first heard live in 1968, during a performance at University of California Jazz Festival. "Firewater" should represent the social duality of the oppressor and the oppressed: the fire symbolises the heat in violence and (abuse of) power, whilst the feeling of water recalls Martin Luther King. "He Who Lives in Fear" too is connected to King's life, since he "had to live in an atmosphere charged with intimidation". A rough arrangement of said piece was initially used as a jingle for a Silva Thins cigarette TV commercial. Ultimately, "Promise of the Sun" is a tune that symbolises "how the sun promises life and freedom to all living things, and yet blacks are not yet free." AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine: As one of the first albums Herbie Hancock recorded after departing Miles Davis' quintet in 1968, as well as his final album for Blue Note, The Prisoner is one of Hancock's most ambitious efforts. Assembling a nonet that features Joe Henderson (tenor sax, alto flute), Johnny Coles (flugelhorn), Garnett Brown (trombone), Buster Williams (bass), and Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums), he has created his grandest work since My Point of View. Unlike that effort, The Prisoner has a specific concept -- it's a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, evoking his spirit and dreams through spacious, exploratory post-bop. Often, the music doesn't follow conventional patterns, but that doesn't mean that it's alienating or inaccessible. It is certainly challenging, but Hancock's compositions (and his arrangement of Charles Williams' "Firewater") have enough melody and space to allow listeners into the album. Throughout the record, Hancock, Coles, and Henderson exchange provocative, unpredictable solos that build upon the stark melodies and sober mood of the music. The tone is not of sorrow or celebration, but of reflection and contemplation, and on that level, The Prisoner succeeds handsomely, even if the music meanders a little too often to be judged a complete success.  01. I Have A Dream (11:00) 02. The Prisoner (7:59) 03. Firewater (7:34) 04. He Who Lives In Fear (6:54) 05. Promise Of The Sun (7:55) Bonus Tracks: 06. The Prisoner [Alternate Take] (5:47) 07. Firewater [Alternate Take] (8:38) Personnel: Herbie Hancock — acoustic piano, electric piano Johnny Coles — flugelhorn Garnett Brown — trombone Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone, alto flute Buster Williams — bass Tootie Heath — drums Tony Studd — bass trombone Jack Jeffers — bass trombone Hubert Laws — flute Jerome Richardson — bass clarinet, flute Romeo Penque — bass clarinet Note: This is not my rip My thanks to the original uploader    ♪♬♫ ENJOY! ♪♬♫ Sharing Widget |
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