Favorite Herbie Hancock?

[Headless mermaid]

Pickuped up Thrust today and got to thinking only few jazzers have embraced so many styles as composer, player and bandleader with as much success. So which is your favorite Herbie?

[DRSMITH]

Obviously all the headhunters stuff comes first but i loved this LP from the moment I picked it up at a BF about 20 years ago.

[SirSlim]

[amidar]

I'm quite fond of Sextant:

but although obvious my favourite Herbie album is 'Mwandishi' a stunning record:

[relkeel]

The Blood Donor.

[Knitwearfan]

His skills on this...frantic!

http://youtu.be/2VULFVahrfM

[alanmck]

Too many to mention, but here's three different views:

Poised, elegant, timeless:


Firing mid 60s


Fierce funk:

[ashra]

[Taze]

The 45 with "Wiggle Waggle" and "Fat Mama"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oxmw3SRFds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wNY9JFR-KY

[alanmck]

Obviously all the headhunters stuff comes first but i loved this LP from the moment I picked it up at a BF about 20 years ago.

Glorious tune.

And, of course, there's the vocoder-replaced-by-winsome-Japanese-lady version, with Herbie and almost all of the rest of the Headhunters (Mouzon replaces Mike Clark on drums):

the same album also contains all time floor filling classic Sunlight:

[giantchicken]

The one with Wham doing 'Club Tropicana' on the B side....

[Headless mermaid]

Some good choices here. I can't decide. Love tthe onecwctge fridge and the green Headhunters. That Rice krispies is nuts. Is Tge Blood Donor the Japan only release?

[amidar]

I know his worst album. 'Feets don't Fail Me Now' what was he thinking, the worst jazz/disco fusion album ever made and I love both genres. In my humble opinion of course.

[peretti]

Shocking! I think Better Betcha Love's a great dance track but Herbie's definitely made worse LPs than this one. I really like Feets Don't Fail, probably more than Sunlight

[amidar]

I don't know what it is with it, starts off so well but when those vocals kick in... A Herbie Hancock disco album you would think would be a sure fire winner but there is something about the whole thing which I find really cringey. I picked up a sleeveless copy of it the other week for 20p but not listened maybe I should revisit it. I submit though he's probably made worse especially in more recent times.

Shocking! I think Better Betcha Love's a great dance track but Herbie's definitely made worse LPs than this one. I really like Feets Don't Fail, probably more than Sunlight