Herbie Hancock

• BLUE NOTE 80 VINYL REISSUE SERIES

• 180G VINYL LP

• CURATED BY DON WAS AND CEM KUROSMAN

• THEME: GREAT MILES REID COVERS (PART 1)

• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

In honor of Blue Note Records' 80th Anniversary, the legendary jazz label is launching the Blue Note 80 Vinyl Reissue Series. Distinct from the Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series, this second series curated by Don Was and Cem Kurosman features 180g vinyl LP releases in standard packaging with albums spanning the many eras of the label's history presented by themes: Blue Note Debuts, Blue Grooves, Great Reid Miles Covers, Blue Note Live, and Blue Note Drummer Leaders.

Recorded in August of 1963, pianist Herbie Hancock's Inventions and Dimensions puts pulsing, grooving rhythms at the center of the music, with Latin percussive elements and—in the best jazz tradition of the times—lots of blues. This isn't Hancock's most well-known date from his tenure at Blue Note, but it's an important recording for both its structural sophistication and the notably high quality of the piano improvisations, no small feat for so superlative an artist.

PERSONNEL:

• HERBIE HANCOCK, piano
• PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
• WILLIE BOBO, drums
• OSVALDO "CHIHUAHUA" MARTINEZ, congas, bongos

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 30, 1963

TRACKS:

• A1. Succotash
• A2. Triangle

• B1. Jack Rabbit
• B2. Mimosa
• B3. Jump Ahead