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The Prisoner is the seventh Herbie Hancock album, recorded in 1969 and released in January 1970 [4] for the Blue Note label, his final project for the label before moving to Warner Bros. Records. It is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who had been assassinated the previous year.
The Prisoner. “As one of the first albums Herbie Hancock recorded after departing Miles Davis’ quintet in 1968, as well as his final album for Blue Note, The Prisoner is one of Hancock’s most ambitious efforts. Assembling a nonet that features Joe Henderson (tenor sax, alto flute), Johnny Coles (flugelhorn), Garnett Brown (trombone ...
18. Apr. 2024 · April 18, 2024. By. Charles Waring. Cover: Courtesy of Blue Note Records. “ The Prisoner reflected the beginnings of my new musical directions,” recalled Herbie Hancock in his 2014 memoir,...
- Charles Waring
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29. Juni 2020 · 29 June 2020. 4344. A review by Mike Shera, first published in Jazz Journal June 1970. Herbie Hancock’s excellent series of Blue Note albums continues with The Prisoner, where he has chosen to write for a nine- or eleven-piece group.
- Jazz Journal
Johnny Coles and Joe Henderson slip in notable solos that explore the edges where melody and mayhem meet, complemented by cascading notes from Hancock himself. The song is some of the most sophisticated modal jazz in the Hancock canon.
Johnny Coles ( John David Coles, * 3. Juli 1926 in Trenton / New Jersey; † 21. Dezember 1997 in Philadelphia / Pennsylvania) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazztrompeter und -flügelhornist. „Der unterschätzte und extrem effektive Improvisator“ konnte dem Rough Guide Jazz zufolge „innerhalb seines tonalen Spektrums einerseits viel mit nur ...
Recorded and released in 1969, Herbie Hancock's last Blue Note album The Prisoner is a powerful but overlooked masterpiece. A moving tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, this nonet session features some of the most exceptional instrumentalists in jazz including Joe Henderson, Johnny Coles, Hubert Laws, Garnett Brown, Buster Williams and Albert ...
