Takin' Off
Takin' Off is the debut album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock released in 1962 by Blue Note Records. Featuring veteran tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins. The album is a creative example of music in the hard bop idiom. The bluesy track "Watermelon Man" made it to the Top 100 of the singles charts, and went on to become a jazz standard. Hancock released a funk arrangement of “Watermelon Man” on his 1973 album Head Hunters. Takin' Off was initially released on CD in 1996 and then again in remastered form in 2007 by Rudy Van Gelder.
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| Released | October 1962 | |||
| Recorded | May 28, 1962 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
| Genre | Soul jazz, hard bop | |||
| Length | 39:01 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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| Down Beat | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
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