Dis Is da Drum

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Dis Is da Drum
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1994
Recorded1993-1994
StudioGarage Sale Studios and Studio 55, Los Angeles, CA
Genre
Length54:59
Label Mercury
Producer Herbie Hancock, Bill Summers a.o.
Herbie Hancock chronology
A Tribute to Miles
(1994)
Dis Is da Drum
(1994)
The New Standard
(1995)
Professional ratings
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Dis Is da Drum is Herbie Hancock's thirty-fourth album and his first solo album since leaving Columbia Records. Guests include saxophonist Bennie Maupin, trumpeter Wallace Roney and flautist Hubert Laws.

Contents

Tracks like "Bo Ba Be Da" and "Dis Is da Drum" reflect Hancock's move towards acid jazz, while "Butterfly" makes a fifth appearance on a Hancock album following the original album ( Thrust ), Kimiko Kasai's album ( Butterfly ), a live album ( Flood ), and another studio album ( Direct Step ).

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Call It '95"Griffin, Hancock, Robertson, Smith, Summers4:39
2."Dis Is da Drum"Griffin, Hancock, Lasar, Robertson, Summers4:49
3."Shooz"Griffin, Moreira, Summers1:17
4."Melody (On the Deuce by 44)"Factor, Griffin, Robertson, Smith4:05
5."Mojuba"Griffin, Hancock, Lasar, Robertson, Summers4:59
6."Butterfly"Hancock, Maupin6:08
7."Ju Ju"Galarraga, Griffin, Lasar, Summers5:03
8."Hump"Maupin, Roney, Shanklin4:43
9."Come and See Me"Hancock, Smith, Watson4:32
10."Rubber Soul"Griffin, Hancock, Robertson, Smith, Summers6:40
11."Bo Ba Be Da"Hancock, Watson8:04
Bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Butterfly" (Remix)Hancock, Maupin6:01

Personnel

with

Rhythm arrangements credited to (as far as they are not identical to the writers credits)

Production, recording and mix by Bill Summers and Herbie Hancock with Darrell Robertson, Darrell Smith, Will Griffin.

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