HERBIE HANCOCK - THE PRISONER (LP)

Herbie Hancock The Prisoner on Vinyl LP! 

A nice late Blue Note change from Herbie Hancock, The Prisoner is a very different album than his previous sets for the label. It features a slightly larger group and a sound that really leans towards the directions Hancock went in the 70s. There's a slightly ambitious feel to some of these cuts, a mode that's partially informed by the seriousness of 60s jazz soundtracks, but which also has the beginnings of some more righteous modes of expression too. The players are all great and include Joe Henderson on tenor and flute, Johnny Coles on flugelhorn, Garnett Brown on trombone, Hubert Laws on flute, Jerome Richardson on bass clarinet, Buster Williams on bass and Tootie Heath on drums. Herbie plays both acoustic and electric piano, using the latter here in one of his first recordings on the instrument. Titles include "Firewater," "I Have A Dream," "The Prisoner" and "He Who Lives In Fear."

Herbie Hancock The Prisoner Track Listing

1. I Have a Dream 
2. The Prisoner 
3. Firewater 
4. He Who Lives In Fear 
5. Promise of the Sun