VSOP (album)
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V.S.O.P. is a 1977 double live album by pianist and keyboard player Herbie Hancock, featuring acoustic jazz performances by the V.S.O.P. Quintet (Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Tony Williams), and jazz fusion and jazz-funk performances by the Mwandishi band (with Eddie Henderson) and The Headhunters (featuring Bennie Maupin and Paul Jackson). The concert was advertised as a "Herbie Hancock Retrospective," and Miles Davis, who was several months into his temporary retirement, was advertised as playing with the Shorter-Carter-Williams band, thereby reconstituting the Davis "Second Quintet" for the first time since 1969. However, on the night of the show, a handwritten sign was posted on the door to the lobby, announcing that Davis would not be playing, but that Freddie Hubbard would be appearing in his place. [Source: Russ Gershon, concert attendee]
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Track listing
- "Piano Introduction" - 4:33
- "Maiden Voyage" (Hancock) - 13:18
- "Nefertiti" (Shorter) - 5:17
- "Introduction of Players/Eye of the Hurricane" (Hancock) - 18:35
- "Toys" (Hancock) - 14:00
- "Introductions" - 1:47
- "You'll Know When You Get There" (Hancock) - 7:00
- "Hang Up Your Hang Ups" (Hancock, Jackson, Ragin) - 11:54
- "Spider" (Hancock, Jackson, Ragin) -10:12
Recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival, New York City Center, New York City, Tuesday, June 29, 1976.
Tracks 1-4 performed by V.S.O.P., Tracks 5-7 performed by Mwandishi, Tracks 8-9 performed by the Headhunters.
Personnel
Musicians
on 1
- Herbie Hancock – electric piano
on 2,3,4
- Herbie Hancock – electric piano
- Ron Carter – bass
- Tony Williams – drums
- Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn
on 5,6,7
- Herbie Hancock – electric piano, Rhodes, clavinet
- Buster Williams – bass
- Billy Hart – drums
- Eddie Henderson – trumpet, flugelhorn, sound effects
- Bennie Maupin – alto flute
- Julian Priester – tenor & bass trombone
on 8,9
- Herbie Hancock – electric piano, Rhodes, clavinet, synthesizer, FX
- Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin – guitar
- Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
- Paul Jackson – electric bass
- James Levi – drums
- Kenneth Nash – percussion
- Bennie Maupin – tenor & soprano saxophones, lyricon
Production
- Fred Catero – engineer
- David Rubinson – engineer, producer
