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| Tom Hull | B+[2] |
The Essential Herbie Hancock is the forty-sixth album by American jazz musician and pianist Herbie Hancock. It is part of Sony BMG's The Essential series. Unlike the box set The Herbie Hancock Box, this 2-disc set is the first compilation of Hancock's music that included music from all the various recording labels for which Hancock recorded.
Track listing
Disc one
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| 1. | "Watermelon Man" (from Takin' Off, 1962) | 7:12 |
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| 2. | "'Round Midnight" (from the Sonny Rollins album Now's the Time, 1964) | 4:03 |
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| 3. | "Cantaloupe Island" (from Empyrean Isles, 1964) | 5:30 |
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| 4. | "Maiden Voyage" (from Maiden Voyage, 1965) | 7:55 |
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| 5. | "Circle" (from the Miles Davis Quintet album Miles Smiles, 1967) | 5:48 |
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| 6. | "The Sorcerer" (from Speak Like a Child, 1968) | 5:38 |
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| 7. | "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" (from Fat Albert Rotunda, 1970) | 5:01 |
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| 8. | "Hidden Shadows" (from Sextant, 1973) | 10:11 |
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| 9. | "Chameleon" (from Head Hunters, 1973) | 15:41 |
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| 10. | "Joanna's Theme" (from Death Wish, 1974) | 4:43 |
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Disc two
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| 1. | "Butterfly" (from Thrust, 1974) | 11:17 |
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| 2. | "People Music" (from Secrets, 1976) | 7:08 |
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| 3. | "Milestones" (from Herbie Hancock Trio, 1977) | 6:37 |
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| 4. | "4 AM" (from Mr. Hands, 1980) | 5:22 |
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| 5. | "Come Running To Me" (from Sunlight, 1978) | 8:24 |
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| 6. | "Finger Painting" (from the V.S.O.P. album Five Stars, 1979) | 6:42 |
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| 7. | "Stars In Your Eyes" (from Monster, 1980) | 7:05 |
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| 8. | "Rockit" (from Future Shock, 1983) | 5:24 |
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| 9. | "St. Louis Blues" (from Gershwin's World, 1998) | 5:50 |
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| 10. | "Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love)" (from The New Standard, 1996) | 4:04 |
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