Dedication (Herbie Hancock album)

Dedication is the sixteenth album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...

. It was recorded in Japan in 1974 while Hancock was touring and first released on the Japanese CBS Sony label. Hancock performs "Maiden Voyage

Maiden Voyage (composition)

"Maiden Voyage" is a jazz composition by Herbie Hancock from his 1965 album Maiden Voyage. It features Hancock's quartet – trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams – with additional saxophonist George Coleman...

" and "Dolphin Dance" acoustically, while "Nobu" and "Cantaloupe Island" were performed on electric keyboards.

Track listing

1. "Maiden Voyage
   Maiden Voyage (composition)
   "Maiden Voyage" is a jazz composition by Herbie Hancock from his 1965 album Maiden Voyage. It features Hancock's quartet – trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams – with additional saxophonist George Coleman...
   
   " - 7:44
2. "Dolphin Dance" - 11:18
3. "Nobu" - 7:39
4. "Cantaloupe Island" - 13:57

All compositions by Herbie Hancock.

• Recorded July 29, 1974 at Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo

Personnel

• Herbie Hancock
  Herbie Hancock
  Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
  
  : piano (tracks 1 & 2), Fender Rhodes, ARP Pro Soloist, ARP Odyssey, ARP 3604, ARP 2600, ARP PE-IV string ensemble (tracks 3 & 4)