Fat Albert Rotunda
| Fat Albert Rotunda | ||||
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| Studio album by Herbie Hancock | ||||
| Released | Mid June 1970[1] | |||
| Recorded |
May–June 1969 Recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studios in Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz, jazz-funk, soul, funk | |||
| Length | 33:41 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Herbie Hancock | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [3] |
Fat Albert Rotunda is the eighth album by jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock, released in 1970. It also was the first album that Hancock had on the Warner Bros. Records label, since leaving Blue Note Records. The music was originally done for the TV special Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert, which later inspired Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids TV show. Fat Albert Rotunda, along with Mwandishi and Crossings was reissued in one set as Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings in 1994.
About the Album
On this album Hancock changes his style radically and takes instrumental soul music rather than jazz as the basis of his compositions. Many songs also hint at his forthcoming jazz-funk style that he fully approached a few years later. Quincy Jones recorded "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" for his 1978 album, Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!, while Hancock revisited "Jessica" on the 1977 Hancock album VSOP: The Quintet.
Track listing
All Songs composed by Herbie Hancock. (Copyright Hancock Music Company-BMI)
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wiggle-Waggle" | 5:51 |
| 2. | "Fat Mama" | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" | 5:01 |
| 4. | "Oh! Oh! Here He Comes" | 4:08 |
| 5. | "Jessica" | 4:13 |
| 6. | "Fat Albert Rotunda" | 6:29 |
| 7. | "Lil' Brother" | 4:26 |
Personnel
- Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano
- Joe Henderson — tenor sax, alto flute
- Joe Farrell — tenor sax (uncredited in original LP release)
- Garnett Brown — trombone
- Johnny Coles — trumpet, flugelhorn
- Joe Newman — trumpet (uncredited in original LP release)
- Buster Williams — electric & acoustic bass
- Albert "Tootie" Heath, Bernard Purdie — drums (Purdie was uncredited in original LP release)
- Eric Gale — guitar (uncredited in original LP release)
Production
- Arranged and conducted by Herbie Hancock
- Produced by Herbie Hancock
- Recorded and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
External links
Later Samples
- "Wiggle-Waggle"
- "Back by Dope Demand" by King Bee
- "Fat Mama"
- "If My Homie Calls" by 2Pac from the album 2Pacalypse Now
- "Jessica"
- "Shook Ones Pt. II" by Mobb Deep from the album The Infamous
References
- ↑ Billboard Jun 6, 1970
- ↑ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Fat Albert Rotunda - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 93. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.