Album
Sextant
1973 · Electronic, Jazz
46 collectors on Gatefold own this
Sextant is a Jazz album by Herbie Hancock, originally released in 1973. On Gatefold: 41 pressings tracked, owned by 46 collectors.
About
After two albums for Warner Bro.—<i>Mwandishi</i> and <i>Crossings</i>—with his important but short-lived sextet, Herbie Hancock made the move to Columbia in 1973 with <i>Sextant</i>. It would be the final studio outing by the sextet, aka the Mwandishi band. But it marked the beginning of a Columbia stint that lasted all the way up to <i>Perfect Machine</i> in 1988. The three extended tunes on <i>Sextant</i> also mark Hancock’s first documented foray on Moog and ARP synthesizer, which are heavily in use from the start of the opening track, “Rain Dance.” Synth pioneer Patrick Gleeson, who had appeared on <i>Crossings</i> as well, is credited on the same gizmos as Hancock, making it hard to know who‘s doing what. But we can certainly pick out Hancock’s magical sound on Fender Rhode, as well as acoustic piano, which he utterly dominates in a virtuosic solo on “Hidden Shadow.” The band members all took Swahili names for the Mwandishi project, and those remain in play on <i>Sextant</i>, which is credited to Mwandishi Herbie Hancock: trumpeter Mganga Eddie Henderson; soprano saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and flutist Mwile Bennie Maupin; bass/tenor/alto trombonist Pepo Julian Priester; bassist Mchezaji Buster Williams; and drummer Jabali Billy Hart. Together, they create a glorious fabric of sound from raw, percolating vamp, modernist harmony, and sonic abstraction. The aesthetic is close at times to early Weather Report, though the clavinet, half-closed hi-hat cymbal groove, and electric bass distortion of “Hornets” would sound at home on a Stevie Wonder album from this period. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Rain Dance9:16
- A2Hidden Shadows10:13
Side B
- BHornets19:36
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Jazz Fusion
- synthetic
- meditative
- spacey
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bennie MaupinBASS CLARINET, PICCOLO FLUTE, AFOXÉ , SOPRANO SAXOPHONE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, BASS CLARINET, PICCOLO FLUTE , AFOXÉ , KAZOO
- Billy HartDRUMS
- Buck ClarkeCONGAS, BONGOS
- Buster WilliamsELECTRIC BASS , ACOUSTIC BASS
- Eddie HendersonTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- Herbie HancockELECTRIC PIANO , CLAVINET , DRUM , MELLOTRON, PIANO , HANDCLAPS ELECTRIC PIANO , CLAVINET , PERCUSSION , MELLOTRON, PIANO , HANDCLAPS SYNTHESIZER
- JabaliDRUMS
- Julian PriesterBASS TROMBONE, TENOR TROMBONE, ALTO TROMBONE, COWBELL BASS TROMBONE, TENOR TROMBONE, TROMBONE , COWBELL
- MchezajiBASS ELECTRIC BASS , ACOUSTIC BASS ELECTRIC BASS , DOUBLE BASS
- MgangaTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- MwandishiCLARINET, MELLOTRON, HANDCLAPS, PIANO , ELECTRIC PIANO ELECTRIC PIANO , CLAVINET , DRUM , MELLOTRON, PIANO , HANDCLAPS ELECTRIC PIANO , CLAVINET , PERCUSSION , MELLOTRON, PIANO , HANDCLAPS
- MwileSOPRANO CLARINET, BASS CLARINET, PICCOLO FLUTE, AFOXÉ, KAZOO SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, BASS CLARINET SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, BASS CLARINET, PICCOLO FLUTE , AFOXÉ , KAZOO
- Patrick GleesonSYNTHESIZER
- PepoBASS TROMBONE, TENOR TROMBONE, ALTO TROMBONE, COWBELL BASS TROMBONE, TENOR TROMBONE, TROMBONE BASS TROMBONE, TENOR TROMBONE, TROMBONE , COWBELL
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