HANCOCK HERBIE/FAT ALBERT ROTUNDA

Descripción

FAT ALBERT ROTUNDA IS THE VENTURE INTO JAZZ-FUNK BY KEYBOARDIST HERBIE HANCOCK. THE RECORD IS CENTERED AROUND THE MUSIC HANCOCK WROTE THE FAT ALBERT CARTOON SHOW. ITS ONE OF THE RECORDS WHICH APPEARED IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN HIS LANDMARK ALBUM MAIDEN VOYAGE OF 1965 AND HIS 1973 CLASSIC HEAD HUNTERS. FAT ALBERT ROTUNDA IS A UNIQUE ITEM IN HERBIE HANCOCKS LONG AND DIVERSE CATALOG WITH FUNKY TRACKS LIKE FAT MAMA AND MODERN JAZZ-ORIENTED TUNES LIKE TELL ME A BEDTIME STORY. THE SEXTET WHICH IS BACKING HANCOCK CONSISTS OF SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT MUSICIANS OF THAT TIME LIKE JOE HENDERSON ON TENOR SAX JOHNNY COLES ON TRUMPET AND BUSTER WILLIAMS ON THE BASS.HERBIE HANCOCK IS ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC JAZZ PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. A CHILD PRODIGY HE PLAYED WITH THE GREATS SUCH AS DONALD BYRD AND MILES DAVIS. AS HE WAS A BIT OF A GEEK HE ENJOYED GADGETS BUTTONS AND HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO EMBRACE AND MASTER THE ELECTRIC PIANO BUT HE ALWAYS STAYED TRUE TO THE ACOUSTIC SOUND. IN FACT HE ALWAYS BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HIS ELECTRONIC AND ACOUSTIC SOUND TOUCHING UPON ALMOST EVERY DEVELOPMENT IN RB FUNK AND JAZZ WHILE RETAINING AN ORIGINAL AND DISTINCTIVE VOICE.