Herbie Hancock

Artist:  Herbie Hancock
Birth Name:  Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
Born:  April 2, 1940.  Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Post-Bop, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Funk, Hard Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Electro, Classical
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Producer
Instruments:  Piano, Electric Piano, Keyboard, Synthesizers, Organ, Clavinet, Keytar

Herbie Hancock is an American Pianist, Keyboardist and Composer.  He started his career with Donald Byrd, shortly joined the Miles Rhythm Quintet.  He was one of the first Jazz Musicians to embrace Synthesizers and Funk Music.  His music embraces elements from Jazz, , Blues, Modern Classical Music, Funk and Soul.  His best-known Solo works include "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man" (later performed by dozens of musicians including Mongo Santamaria), "Maiden Voyage", "I Thought It Was You".  In 2008, he won Grammy Award for Album Of The Year from Tribute album River:  The Joni Letters.

Title:  Inventions And Dimensions  (2005)
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Post-Bop, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Funk, Hard Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Electro, Classical
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:  *****

Tracks:

 1.  Succotash  (7:40)
 2.  Triangle  (11:01)
 3.  Jack Rabbit  (5:57)
 4.  Mimosa  (8:38)
 5.  A Jump Ahead  (6:33)

Bonus Track:  On CD Reissue:

 6.  Mimosa (Alternate Take)  (10:06)

Personnel:

Herbie Hancock:  Piano
Paul Chambers:  Bass
Willlie Bobo:  Drums, Timbales
Osvaldo "Cihuahua" Martinez:  Percussion not on Track 5

Inventions And Dimensions is the third studio album by Herbie Hancock, originally released in 1964 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on July 19, 2005 by Blue Note Records, featuring Paul Chambers, Willie Bobo, and Osvaldo Martinez.