Album
Empyrean Isles
1964 · Jazz
39 collectors on Gatefold own this
Empyrean Isles is a Jazz album by Herbie Hancock, originally released in 1964. On Gatefold: 84 pressings tracked, owned by 39 collectors.
About
Herbie Hancock covers strikingly varied terrain on his fourth album, a pinnacle of his small-group acoustic period and a tantalizing glimpse of where he was headed. We hear the core of Miles Davis’ groundbreaking quintet—Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Tony Williams—joining forces with a different trumpeter, the great Freddie Hubbard. “One Finger Snap” became an uptempo test piece for every jazz player, while “Cantaloupe Island,” with its loping funk-jazz, caught the attention of hip-hop nation decades later. “Oliloqui Valley” swings with mystery and restraint, while “The Egg” closes with deep, extended abstraction.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1One Finger Snap
- A2Oliloqui Valley
Side B
- B1Cantaloupe Island
- B2The Egg
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Post-Bop & Modal
- sparse
- meditative
- cerebral
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Recorded on June 17, 1964.
1st original Mono issue has:
- blue/white Blue Note Records Inc - New York Usa labels, deep groove only on side A or side B. No copies are known to exist with a dg on both sides. This particular pressing has a deep groove on side A only.
- Van Gelder stamped in the dead wax, both sides,
- "P" (otherwise wrongly called "ear") for Plastylite etched in the trail off, both sides,
- non laminated jacket,
- 43 West 61st St., New York 23 address on back cover
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Anthony WilliamsDRUMS
- Freddie HubbardTRUMPET
- Herbie HancockKEYBOARDS PIANO PIANO, COMPOSED BY
- Ron CarterBASS
39 collectors on Gatefold own this · 84 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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