The Essential Herbie Hancock

Original Release Date:  1988

Track Listing

• 1. Watermelon Man
• 2. 'Round Midnight
• 3. Cantaloupe Island
• 4. Maiden Voyage
• 5. Circle
• 6. The Sorcerer
• 7. Tell Me a Bedtime Story
• 8. Hidden Shadows
• 9. Chameleon
• 10. Joanna's Theme
• 11. Butterfly
• 12. People Music
• 13. Milestones
• 14. 4 A.M.
• 15. Come Running to Me
• 16. Finger Painting
• 17. Stars in Your Eyes
• 18. Rockit
• 19. St. Louis Blues
• 20. Manhattan

Credits

• Daniel Ponce: Bata
• Terri Lyne Carrington: Drums
• Ron Carter: Bass
• George Coleman: Sax (Tenor)
• Johnny Coles: Flugelhorn
• Miles Davis: Trumpet, Composer
• Dexter Gordon: Sax (Tenor)
• Herbie Hancock: Synthesizer, Piano, Composer, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Piano (Electric), Vocals, Vocals (Background), Arp Echoplex, Handclapping, Fender Rhodes, Oberheim, Mini Moog, Arp Pro Soloist, Arp 2600, Arp Odyssey, Arp Strings, Fairlight CMI, Micro Moog, Rhythm Sequencing, Clavitar
• Billy Hart: Percussion, Drums
• Joe Henderson: Flute, Sax (Tenor)
• Billy Higgins: Drums
• Thad Jones: Flugelhorn
• Bill Laswell: Bass (Electric)
• Bennie Maupin: Clarinet (Bass), Composer, Flute (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
• Alphonse Mouzon: Drums, Keyboards
• Jaco Pastorius: Bass (Electric)
• Duke Pearson: Producer
• Julian Priester: Trombone (Alto)
• Sonny Rollins: Sax (Tenor)
• Wayne Shorter: Sax (Tenor)
• Cootie Williams: Composer
• Eddie Henderson: Trumpet
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• Bill Summers: Percussion
• Greg Walker: Vocals
• Butch Warren: Bass
• Alex Al: Bass
• George Avakian: Producer
• Michael Beinhorn: Electronic Drums, Dmx, Mini Moog
• Garnett Brown: Trombone
• Fred Catero: Engineer
• Mike Clarke: Drums
• Rob Eaton: Engineer
• Sheila Escovedo: Percussion
• Rudy Van Gelder: Engineer
• Patrick Gleeson: Resonator
• Grandmixer D.ST: Turntables
• Ray Hall: Engineer
• Albert "Tootie" Heath: Drums
• Freddie Hubbard: Trumpet, Cornet
• Paul Jackson: Bass (Electric), Composer
• Frank Laico: Engineer
• James Levi: Drums
• Alfred Lion: Producer
• Roy McCurdy: Drums
• Teo Macero: Producer
• Harvey Mason, Sr.: Composer, Drums
• Thelonious Monk: Composer
• Baba Duru Oshun: Tabla
• Jerry Peters: Orchestration
• Peter Phillips: Trombone (Bass)
• Raul Rekow: Conga
• Mickey Roker: Drums
• David Rubinson: Engineer
• Wah-Wah Watson: Guitar
• Buster Williams: Bass, Bass (Acoustic)
• Stevie Wonder: Harmonica, Vocals
• Jeremy Zatkin: Engineer
• Bernie Hanighen: Composer
• John Pace: Engineer
• Freddie "Ready Freddie" Washington: Bass (Electric)
• John Vieira: Engineer
• Tony Ruption Williams: Drums
• Jerry Dodgion: Flute (Alto)