The Piano (Herbie Hancock album)

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The Piano
File:The Piano (Herbie Hancock album).jpg
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released 1979 (expanded CD: 2004)
Recorded October 25–26, 1978
Studio CBS Studios, Tokyo
Genre Jazz
Length 31:31 (original LP)
52:10 (2004)
Label CBS/Sony 38DP-43
Columbia/Legacy CK 87083 (2004)
Producer David Rubinson
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock chronology
An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert
(1978)An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert1978		 The Piano
(1979)		 Feets, Don't Fail Me Now
(1979)Feets, Don't Fail Me Now1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]

The Piano is the twenty-sixth album by Herbie Hancock.

About the Album

As with Directstep (recorded one week previously), this album was recorded, and originally only released, in Japan. It was one of Hancock's most successful albums in Japan, perhaps because it was entirely solo piano. Hancock tackles Jazz standards such as "My Funny Valentine", "On Green Dolphin Street" and "Some Day My Prince Will Come" while also composing/performing four original songs.

This album was initially released exclusively in Japan and first issued there on CD in 1983. In 2004, over 25 years after it's recording, the album was released with four additional alternate takes of the same session. It was the first and only (until 2014) of Hancock's Japanese releases available internationally.

Track listing

  1. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 7:42
  2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:20
  3. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) - 4:36
  4. "Harvest Time" (Hancock) - 4:48
  5. "Sonrisa" (Hancock) - 3:44
  6. "Manhattan Island" (Hancock) - 3:56
  7. "Blue Otani" (Hancock) - 3:25
Bonus tracks on 2004 reissue
  1. "My Funny Valentine" (Alternate) - 6:07
  2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Alternate) - 4:04
  3. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Alternate) - 5:18
  4. "Harvest Time" (Alternate) - 5:10

Personnel

  • Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano
Production credits
  • David Rubinson – producer
  • Fred Catero – engineer, mixing
  • Mikio Takamatsu – mastering
  • Yasohachi "88" Itoh and Keiichi Nakamura – production coordination
  • Yusaku Nakanishi – art direction
  • Kazumi Kurigami – cover photo
  • Akira Aimi – photography

References

  1. ↑ Jurek, Thom. The Piano at AllMusic
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