Empyrean Isles
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Empyrean Isles

Herbie Hancock · 1964 · Blue Note

Tracks

Personnel

Herbie Hancock
Freddie Hubbard

Hubbard played cornet rather than trumpet on this session, and his rounder tone blends into Hancock's cosmic arrangements. The warm timbre is especially effective on "Cantaloupe Island," which would become a standard.

Ron Carter
Tony Williams
Freddie Hubbard

Empyrean IslesEmpyrean IslesEmpyrean IslesHerbie Hancock · 1964 (1964) was Herbie HancockHerbie HancockHerbie Hancockハービー・ハンコック's fourth Blue Note album, made at 25. Its "Cantaloupe Island" later became the basis for US3's sampling hit, spreading the tune well beyond the jazz canon.

Herbie HancockFreddie HubbardRon CarterTony Williams

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Around 1964

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