Not a single mention on this whole thread of "Fat Albert Rotunda"? Is it the jazz funk or the Cosby associations?
― enochroot, Saturday, 24 October 2020 00:58 (three years ago) link
Can't deny the results - I once wrote a pretentious secondary school essay based oh a minute of Sextant but Feets, Don't Fail Me Now is perfect too
― timber euros (seandalai), Saturday, 24 October 2020 01:41 (three years ago) link
“tell me a bedtime story” from fat Albert rotunda is all-time
― brimstead, Saturday, 24 October 2020 01:43 (three years ago) link
Thrust is really really great too. All that Mike Clark and Paul Jackson shit is head exploding.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 24 October 2020 01:54 (three years ago) link
Bedtime Story on Fat Albert Rotunda is another example of one good ballad on an otherwise indifferent Hancock album.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 24 October 2020 01:57 (three years ago) link
thrust is incredibly poppin. actual fucking proof
― brimstead, Saturday, 24 October 2020 02:11 (three years ago) link
There’s really nothing else like that track
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 24 October 2020 02:25 (three years ago) link
mr. hands is the best one
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 20 January 2023 21:40 (one year ago) link
The line up on that record is insane.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 20 January 2023 21:43 (one year ago) link
features ron carter and jaco lol
― kiss me while the world decays (Austin), Friday, 20 January 2023 22:24 (one year ago) link
Sheila E!
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 20 January 2023 22:33 (one year ago) link
for me, "sound system" is the one. i went to it looking for breakdance sounds in 1984 and it split my tiny brain wide open. "metal beat" still sounds absolutely mentalist
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Saturday, 21 January 2023 12:15 (one year ago) link
Mr. Hands is phenomenal
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Saturday, 21 January 2023 15:57 (one year ago) link
Sextant was my introduction and remains my favorite, but I dig all the '70s albums that placed well in the poll.
― I can't tell if he's trolling or not (ilxor), Thursday, 26 January 2023 05:57 (one year ago) link
Herbie is making his now (apparently) annual trip to the Kennedy Center this June. Of course I will be there.
― Alicia Silver Stone (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:22 (one year ago) link
Tempted to do a "best of the rest" poll for the ones that got zero votes. Of the ones I know, I'd probably pick either Inventions and Dimensions, Fat Albert Rotunda, or Flood.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:27 (one year ago) link
I got heavily into Eddie Henderson's mid-70s solo albums last year, which are a fine companion to the Mwandishi stuff - same band even!
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:28 (one year ago) link
I wrote a piece about VSOP last year.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:39 (one year ago) link
Flood is an insane set that goes OFF!!!!! So good
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:55 (one year ago) link
Inventions and Dimensions
severely underrated album - really interesting lineup
― Unfairport Convention (PBKR), Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:57 (one year ago) link
I've been tempted to do a poll of his best "sell out" tracks (intended in a positive way; I adore his disco/dance/funk/break stuff)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:17 (one year ago) link
the disco records are all soooo dope. i think i love lite me up the most
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:19 (one year ago) link
Those Eddie Henderson records are dope. I'll stan for *Realization* all day long. More Dr Patrick all the time.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 26 January 2023 17:11 (one year ago) link
“mr. hands” is cool. aside from the amazing cover art works well with london-style “jazz dance” records (ie the uptempo latin inflected stuff with trad instruments)
i lean heavily on “spiraling prism” and “calypso” when i play it out
― the late great, Thursday, 26 January 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
sorry to jump around here+i'm positive someone has brought it up before now BUT-
if you want even more super hot 70s headhunters/hancock/miles adjacent action, bennie maupin's slow traffic to the right from 1977 is about as good as they get. funky, spacey, mellow, but mad.
probably old news, putting here for posterity mostly. highly recommended either way.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Friday, 27 January 2023 18:05 (one year ago) link
I've been listening to that Maupin record recently, since his debut is maybe my favourite ECM record. I like it better than the funk-era Hancock I've heard, and it walks an interesting line between being tasteful and gently exploratory, and also trying to sell some records in the context of late 70s fusion.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 28 January 2023 15:22 (one year ago) link