Takin' Off

~ Release by Herbie Hancock (see all versions of this release, 14 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Watermelon Man
5 7:08
2 Three Bags Full
5:26
3 Empty Pockets
6:11
4 The Maze
6:48
5 Driftin'
6:56
6 Alone and I
6:28
7 Watermelon Man (alternate take)
6:34
8 Three Bags Full (alternate take)
5:32
9 Empty Pockets (alternate take)
6:27

Credits

CD 1

trumpet:
Freddie Hubbard (1962-05-28) (tracks 1–9)
drums:
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (1962-05-28) (tracks 1–9)
bass:
Butch Warren (1962-05-28) (tracks 1–9)
piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (1962-05-28) (tracks 1–9)
tenor saxophone:
Dexter Gordon (1962-05-28) (tracks 1–9)
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (tracks 1, 3–6)
producer:
Alfred Lion (tracks 1–9)
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (1962-05-28) (tracks 1–9)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 -) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (1962-05-28) (tracks 1–9)
sampled by:
I Hate 2 Brag by Shaquille O’Neal (track 1)
recording of:
Alone and I (1962-05-28) (track 6)
Driftin' (1962-05-28) (track 5)
Empty Pockets (1962-05-28) (track 3)
The Maze (1962-05-28) (track 4)
Watermelon Man (1962-05-28) (track 1)

Release

graphic design: Reid Miles
mastering: Rudy van Gelder (2007)
photography: Reid Miles
Francis Wolff (photographer and record producer)
producer: Michael Cuscuna
ASIN: UK: B000UO8BB6 [info]
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/1287006 [info]