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 an NYC street do all the talking.
This Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Tracklist:
A1: Succotash
A2: Triangle
B1: Jack Rabbit
B2: Mimosa
B3: A Jump Ahead
Herbie Hancock – Inventions & Dimensions
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