Takin' Off APHI 501036 Featuring appearances by Styles P

Featuring appearances by Styles P and Dave East

which asks “Where should the birds fly

the new album’s tracks display a remarkable determination to distil the trio's work to its essence

and new artwork

Released just a few years after the epochal Phil Spector-produced River Deep Mountain High

Takin' Off APHI 501036 Featuring appearances by Styles PTakin Off was pianist Herbie Hancocks (born in Chicago on April 12, 1940; he is 79 at this writing) first album under his own name. All of the compositions are by the leader, who is backed by such stars as Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins. The album includes one of Hancocks best known compositions, Watermelon Man, which made it to the Top 100 on the pop charts. The tune would become a jazz standard, after being covered