Herbie Hancock – Empyrean Isles

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Herbie Hancock – Empyrean Isles
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Artist……………: Herbie Hancock
Album…………….: Empyrean Isles
Genre…………….: Jazz
Source……………: CD
Year……………..: 1964/1975
Ripper……………: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) &
Codec…………….: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version…………..: reference libFLAC 1.1.3 20061120
Quality…………..: Lossless, (avg. compression: 52 %)
Channels………….: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags……………..: VorbisComment
Information……….:

Ripped by…………: Lontan on 1/12/2008
Posted by…………: AJ Productions on 9/30/2010
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Included………….: NFO, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers……………: Front

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Tracklisting
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1. Herbie Hancock – One Finger Snap [07:20]
2. Herbie Hancock – Oliloqui Valley [08:28]
3. Herbie Hancock – Cantaloupe Island [05:32]
4. Herbie Hancock – The Egg [14:00]
5. Herbie Hancock – One Finger Snap (Alternate Take) [07:37]
6. Herbie Hancock – Oliloqui Valley (Alternate Take) [10:47]

The Players
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Freddie Hubbard – Cornet/Trumpet
Tony Williams – Drums
Ron Carter – Bass

Playing Time………: 53:46
Total Size………..: 278.53 MB

NFO generated on…..: 12/28/2015 1:22:07 PM

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by Stephen Thomas Erlewine AMC

My Point of View and Inventions and Dimensions found Herbie
Hancock exploring the fringes of hard bop, working with a big band and
a Latin-flavored percussion section, respectively. On Empyrean Isles,
he returns to hard bop, but the results are anything but conventional.
Working with cornetist Freddie Hubbard, bassist Ron Carter, and
drummer Tony Williams — a trio just as young and adventurous as he
was — Hancock pushes at the borders of hard bop, finding a brilliantly
evocative balance between traditional bop, soul-injected grooves, and
experimental, post-modal jazz. Hancock’s four original concepts are
loosely based on the myths of the Empyrean Isles, and they are
designed to push the limits of the band and of hard bop. Even
“Cantaloupe Island,” well-known for its funky piano riff, takes chances
and doesn’t just ride the groove. “The Egg,” with its minimal melody
and extended solo improvisations, is the riskiest number on the record,
but it works because each musician spins inventive, challenging solos
that defy convention. In comparison, “One Finger Snap” and “Oliloqui
Valley” adhere to hard bop conventions, but each song finds the
quartet vigorously searching for new sonic territory with convincing fire.
That passion informs all of Empyrean Isles, a record that officially
established Hancock as a major artist in his own right.
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