The Perfect Jazz Collection

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

A remastered version of the original release, plus three previously unreleased alternate takes, and one alternate take supposedly released (#9-12).
Not clear exactly which one is it, and wether #9 is really an a.t. or an unedited version.
It's also unclear if this material was issued before in the Columbia boxset.

Recorded February - March 1966 in New York.

Drums – Charlie Persip (tracks: 15, 16), Jimmy Lovelace, Ray Lucas (tracks: 2, 3, 13)
Mastered By (Digitally) – Mark Wilder
Organ – Lonnie Smith
Producer – John Hammond
Reissue Producer – Didier C. Deutsch, Steve Berkowitz
Saxophone (Baritone) – Ronnie Cuber
Trumpet – Blue Mitchell (tracks: 15, 16)
Vocals, Guitar – George Benson

The Herbie Hancock Group

  • Herbie Hancock: Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner D6 clavinet, ARP Odyssey synthesizer, ARP Soloist synthesizer, pipes.
  • Bennie Maupin: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, saxello, bass clarinet, alto flute.
  • Paul Jackson: electric bass, marimbula.
  • Bill Summers': congas, shekere, balafon, agogo, cabasa, hindewho, tambourine, log drum, surdo, gankoqui, beer bottle.

Notes

This release is known as the "track 1 slow fade" corrected speed version.
See the original for details.

Remastered edition of 1950's album, issued with additional alternate takes.

Label: Sony - Catalog #: 65144 - UPC: 074646514429

barcode/cat # entered in Edit #14383252 — way after release was originally added, and refers to a 25cd boxset The Perfect Jazz Collection: 25 Original Albums, of which this is apparently disc #6. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003IY49S4/

Annotation last modified on 2015-07-14 00:03 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
2▶CD: Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi
3▶CD: Art Blakey - The Jazz Messengers
4▶CD: Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
5▶CD: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
6▶CD: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
7▶CD: Duke Ellington & Count Basie - The Count Meets the Duke
8▶CD: Helen Merrill - Parole e musica
9▶CD: Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods
10▶CD: Chet Baker - Chet Is Back!
11▶CD: The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream
12▶CD: Sonny Rollins - Sonny Meets Hawk!
13▶CD: Martial Solal - At Newport '63
14▶CD: Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan - Two of a Mind
15▶CD: Benny Goodman - Together Again!
16▶CD: George Benson - It's Uptown
17▶CD: Nina Simone - Sings the Blues
18▶CD: Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here
19▶CD: Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
20▼CD: Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Chameleon
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and David Rubinson
agogô, balafon, cabasa, congas, gankogui, percussion [beer bottle], percussion [log drum], shekere, surdo, tambourine and whistle:
Bill Summers (in 1973-09)
alto flute, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Bennie Maupin (in 1973-09)
bass, electric bass guitar and marímbula:
Paul Jackson (jazz bassist) (in 1973-09)
clavinet, Rhodes piano and synthesizer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1973-09)
drums (drum set):
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer) (in 1973-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Different Fur Studios in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1973-09) and Wally Heider Studios (@ 245 Hyde Street, San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1973-09)
recording of:
Chameleon (in 1973-09)
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer), Paul Jackson (jazz bassist), Harvey Mason (jazz drummer) and Bennie Maupin
Herbie Hancock515:45
2Watermelon Man
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and David Rubinson
agogô, balafon, cabasa, congas, gankogui, percussion [beer bottle], percussion [log drum], shekere, surdo, tambourine and whistle:
Bill Summers (in 1973-09)
alto flute, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Bennie Maupin (in 1973-09)
clavinet, Rhodes piano and synthesizer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1973-09)
drums (drum set):
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer) (in 1973-09)
electric bass guitar and marímbula:
Paul Jackson (jazz bassist) (in 1973-09)
arranger:
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Different Fur Studios in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1973-09) and Wally Heider Studios (@ 245 Hyde Street, San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1973-09)
recording of:
Watermelon Man (in 1973-09)
composer:
H. Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
publisher:
Hancock Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd (1996–2019)
Herbie Hancock3.656:32
3Sly
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and David Rubinson
agogô, balafon, cabasa, congas, gankogui, percussion [beer bottle], percussion [log drum], shekere, surdo, tambourine and whistle:
Bill Summers (in 1973-09)
alto flute, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Bennie Maupin (in 1973-09)
clavinet, Rhodes piano and synthesizer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1973-09)
drums (drum set):
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer) (in 1973-09)
electric bass guitar and marímbula:
Paul Jackson (jazz bassist) (in 1973-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Different Fur Studios in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1973-09) and Wally Heider Studios (@ 245 Hyde Street, San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1973-09)
recording of:
Sly (in 1973-09)
composer:
Herbert J. Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
Herbie Hancock3.610:21
4Vein Melter
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and David Rubinson
agogô, balafon, cabasa, congas, gankogui, percussion [beer bottle], percussion [log drum], shekere, surdo, tambourine and whistle:
Bill Summers (in 1973-09)
alto flute, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Bennie Maupin (in 1973-09)
clavinet, Rhodes piano and synthesizer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1973-09)
drums (drum set):
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer) (in 1973-09)
electric bass guitar and marímbula:
Paul Jackson (jazz bassist) (in 1973-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Different Fur Studios in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1973-09) and Wally Heider Studios (@ 245 Hyde Street, San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1973-09)
recording of:
Vein Melter (in 1973-09)
composer:
Herbert J. Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
Herbie Hancock3.59:10
21▶CD: Stan Getz - The Best of Two Worlds
22▶CD: Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
23▶CD: Weather Report - Heavy Weather
24▶CD: Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time, Volume 1
25▶CD: Charlie Parker - Bird

Credits

Release

art direction:Howard Fritzson
design/illustration:Randall Martin (US art director, graphic designer, and illustrator)
photography:Don Hunstein (photographer)
Jay Maisel (photographer)
Sandy Speiser
additional liner notes:Robert Palmer (English singer‐songwriter)
liner notes:Bill Evans (pianist)
Pat Metheny
Scott H. Thompson (in 1992)
mixer and mastering:Charles Harbutt (sound engineer and reissue producer)
additional engineer:Ted Brosnan
Ted Hammond
engineer:David Palmer (Engineer)
Fred Plaut
Don Puluse
additional producer:Bob Belden
producer:George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer)
Bobby Colomby
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
Teo Macero (American jazz saxophonist and composer)
David Rubinson
Irving Townsend
Ben Young (producer, jazz historian, radio host, engineer)
recording engineer:Mickey Crofford
Ray Hall (engineer)
Fred Plaut
agogô, balafon, cabasa, congas, gankogui, percussion [beer bottle], shekere, slit drum [log drum], surdo and tambourine:Bill Summers
alto flute, bass clarinet, saxophone [saxello], soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:Bennie Maupin
alto saxophone:Paul Desmond
bass:Eugene Wright (bass)
double bass:Robert Hurst (jazz bassist composer)
electric upright bass and marímbula:Paul Jackson (jazz bassist)
membranophone:Harvey Mason (jazz drummer)
Joe Morello
Jeffrey “Tain” Watts (jazz drummer)
piano:Dave Brubeck
Marcus Roberts (American jazz pianist)
Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes electric piano], clavinet [Hohner D6 clavinet], other instruments [pipes] and synthesizer [ARP Odyssey synthesizer] and synthesizer [ARP Soloist synthesizer]:Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
trumpet:Wynton Marsalis
remaster of:Monk’s Dream by Thelonious Monk
Monk’s Dream by The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Nina Simone Sings the Blues by Nina Simone
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3509725 [info]
ASIN:UK: B003IY49S4 [info]
US: B000P46Q18 [info]
US: B000002AIT [info]
US: B0012GN2GA [info]
US: B0013DCCS6 [info]
US: B00000269G [info]
FR: B003IY49S4 [info]
other databases:https://www.musik-sammler.de/release/731762/ [info]

Release group

part of:The Perfect Collection / La Discothèque idéale (order: 2)