The Piano (Herbie Hancock album)

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The Piano
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ReleasedLP: June 21, 1979
CD: 2004
RecordedOctober 2526, 1978
StudioCBS Studios, Tokyo
Genre Jazz
LengthLP: 31:26
CD: 52:04
Label LP: CBS/Sony
CD: Columbia
Producer David Rubinson
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock chronology
Feets, Don't Fail Me Now
(1979)
The Piano
(1979)
V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Piano is the twenty-sixth album by Herbie Hancock.

Contents

About the Album

As with Directstep (recorded one week previously), this album was recorded, and originally only released, in Japan. It was one of Hancock's most successful albums in Japan, perhaps because it was entirely solo piano. Hancock tackles Jazz standards such as "My Funny Valentine", "On Green Dolphin Street" and "Some Day My Prince Will Come" while also composing/performing four original songs.

This album was initially released exclusively in Japan and first issued there on CD in 1983. In 2004, over 25 years after its recording, the album was released with four additional alternate takes of the same session. It was the first and only (until 2014) of Hancock's Japanese releases available internationally.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Funny Valentine" Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 7:42
2."On Green Dolphin Street" Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington 3:20
3."Some Day My Prince Will Come" Frank Churchill, Larry Morey 4:36
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Harvest Time" Herbie Hancock 4:48
2."Sonrisa"Herbie Hancock3:40
3."Manhattan Island"Herbie Hancock3:56
4."Blue Otani"Herbie Hancock3:24
Total length:31:26
CD Reissue bonus track (Columbia – CK 87083) [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."My Funny Valentine" (Take 3)Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart6:08
9."On Green Dolphin Street" (Take 2)Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington4:04
10."Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Take 3)Frank Churchill, Larry Morey5:16
11."Harvest Time" (Take 3)Herbie Hancock5:10
Total length:52:04

Personnel

Production credits

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