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The Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock
09/23/2008 | Verve
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All Music Guide Review
The idea of collecting tracks off several of jazz legend Herbie Hancock's albums from the influential '60s Blue Note years through to his Grammy-winning 2007 album River is a nice idea that doesn't quite come together on Verve's Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock. Obviously designed to showcase the whole of Hancock's career post his 2007 Grammy win for River: The Joni Letters, Then and Now doesn't really give you the full picture. With only five tracks devoted to his '60s/'70s recordings (arguably his most essential and defining period), there's just not enough "then" here to really qualify this as a "definitive" collection. Not to mention that Then and Now basically ignores Hancock's '70s recordings, opting for merely an "edit" of "Chameleon" and the album version of "Watermelon Man," which comes out of chronological order near the end of the collection. Add in that you only get a live version of "Rockit" and you're left with less a definitive view of Hancock's career and more of a thumbnail sketch. ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide
The Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock Track Listing
Credits of The Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock
- Harvey Mason, Sr.
- Drums
- Marcus Miller
- Bass
- Benny Powell
- Trombone
- Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
- Drums
- Kevin Reeves
- Mastering
- David Rubinson
- Producer, Original Recording Producer
- Robert Sadin
- Arranger, Original Recording Producer
- Darrell Smith
- Associate Producer
- Harry Weinger
- Compilation Producer
- Francis Wolff
- Photography
- Stevie Wonder
- Harmonica, Arranger, Vocals
- Billy Butler
- Guitar
- Jerry Jemmott
- Bass
- DJ Disk
- Turntables
- Tomo
- Drums
- Kirk Degiorgio
- Liner Notes
- Hollis King
- Art Direction
- Ann Brilz
- Producer
- Shane Fitzsimons
- Bass
- David Passick
- Executive Producer
- Ken Levitan
- Executive Producer
- Kwaku Alston
- Cover Photo
- Jack Rovner
- Executive Producer
- Damien Rice
- Vocals
- Vyvienne Long
- Cello
- Dahlia Ambach Caplin
- Executive Producer, Compilation Producer
- Lionel Loueke
- Guitar
- Andy Kman
- Production Coordination
- Lisa Hannigan
- Vocals
- Darrell Diaz
- Keyboards
- Alan Mintz
- Producer
- Toni Williams
- Drums
- Wallace Roney
- Trumpet
- Bill Summers
- Percussion
- Alex Al
- Bass
- Ray Alonge
- French Horn
- Garnett Brown
- Trombone
- Arthur Clarke
- Sax (Baritone)
- Vinnie Colaiuta
- Drums
- George Devens
- Percussion
- Guy Eckstine
- Producer
- Joe Farrell
- Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
- Eric Gale
- Guitar
- Matthew Garrison
- Bass
- Freddie Hubbard
- Trumpet, Cornet
- Paul Jackson
- Bass, Marimbula, Marimba
- Larry Klein
- Arranger, Producer
- Alfred Lion
- Producer, Original Recording Producer
- Joni Mitchell
- Vocals
- Bob Belden
- Arranger
- Terri Lyne Carrington
- Drums
- Ron Carter
- Bass
- George Coleman
- Sax (Tenor)
- Johnny Coles
- Trumpet
- Herbie Hancock
- Organ, Piano, Arranger, Conductor, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Clavinet, Producer, Arp, Executive Producer, Fender Rhodes, Original Recording Producer
- Joe Henderson
- Flute (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Soloist
- Dave Holland
- Bass
- Bennie Maupin
- Clarinet (Bass), Flute (Alto), Saxophone, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
- Bobby McFerrin
- Vocals
- Joe Newman
- Trumpet, Soloist
- John Scofield
- Sitar (Electric)
- Bob Sheppard
- Sax (Soprano)
- Wayne Shorter
- Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
- Eddie Henderson
- Trumpet
- Ernie Royal
- Trumpet
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