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1994 studio album by Herbie Hancock
Dis Is da Drum
Released October 1994 Recorded 1993-1994 Studio Garage Sale Studios and Studio 55,
Los Angeles , CA
Genre
Length 54 :59
Label
Mercury
Producer Herbie Hancock, Bill Summers a.o.
Dis Is da Drum is
Herbie Hancock 's thirty-ninth album and his first solo album since leaving
Columbia Records . Guests include saxophonist
Bennie Maupin , trumpeter
Wallace Roney and flautist
Hubert Laws .
Tracks like "Bo Ba Be Da" and "Dis Is da Drum" reflect Hancock's move towards
acid jazz , while "Butterfly" makes a fifth appearance on a Hancock album following the original album (
Thrust ),
Kimiko Kasai 's album (
Butterfly ), a live album (
Flood ), and another studio album (
Direct Step ).
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Call It '95" Griffin, Hancock, Robertson, Smith, Summers 4:39 2. "Dis Is da Drum" Griffin, Hancock, Lasar, Robertson, Summers 4:49 3. "Shooz" Griffin, Moreira, Summers 1:17 4. "Melody (On the Deuce by 44)" Factor, Griffin, Robertson, Smith 4:05 5. "Mojuba" Griffin, Hancock, Lasar, Robertson, Summers 4:59 6. "Butterfly" Hancock, Maupin 6:08 7. "Ju Ju" Galarraga, Griffin, Lasar, Summers 5:03 8. "Hump" Maupin, Roney, Shanklin 4:43 9. "Come and See Me" Hancock, Smith, Watson 4:32 10. "Rubber Soul" Griffin, Hancock, Robertson, Smith, Summers 6:40 11. "Bo Ba Be Da" Hancock, Watson 8:04
Bonus track Title Writer(s) 12. "Butterfly" (Remix) Hancock, Maupin 6:01
Personnel
Herbie Hancock – piano (exc. 2, 3, 7),
Minimoog and
synthesizer (2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11),
clavinet (2, 5, 10, 11), synthesizer bass (2, 11), background vocals (4)
Bill Summers – percussion (exc. 4, 7),
bata (7)
Will "Roc" Griffin – drum loops,
sequencing (exc. 5, 7),
sampling (exc. 5, 7, 9), programming (5, 7, 10, 11), rap (4)
Darrell Smith – keyboards (1, 2, 8), sequencing (2, 8, 9, 10), electric piano (3, 4, 11), clavinet (3, 7), Minimoog (3), background vocals (4), programming (5-10), synthesizer (5, 9)
Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson – guitar (exc. 3, 6, 9), background vocals (4)
with
Wah Wah Watson – guitar (1, 2, 8-11), vocals and sequencing (9)
Mars Lasar – keyboards and sound design (1, 4, 6, 10, 11)
Wallace Roney – trumpet (1, 8, 10, 11)
Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone (1, 8, 10, 11)
Hubert Laws - flute (6)
Lazaro Galarraga – vocals (2, 7), bata and vocal arrangement (7)
Chill Factor – rap (4)
The Real Richie Rich – DJ and scratcher (4)
Francis Awe – vocals (5)
Marina Bambino, Felicidad Ector, Lynn Lindsey, Yvette Summers, Louis Verdeaux - background vocals (2, 11)
Huey Jackson - background vocals (2, 7, 11)
Nengue Hernandez - background vocals (7)
Frank Thibeaux – bass guitar (1)
Armand Sabal Lecco - bass guitar (8, 10)
Jay Shanklin – bass and add. sequencing (8)
Ken Strong – drums (1, 2, 6-11)
William Kennedy – drums (1, 7, 11)
Guy Eckstine – drums (5)
Niayi Asiedu – percussion (1)
Airto Moreira – percussion (3)
Munyungo Jackson and Skip Burney –
djembe (5)
Nengue Hernandez – bata (7)
Brady Speller - percussion (11)
Doug Scott - additional editing (2)
Rhythm arrangements credited to (as far as they are not identical to the writers credits)
"The Melody" - Darrell Smith, Will "Roc" Griffin
"Butterfly" - Bill Summers, Herbie Hancock, Mars Lasar
"Hump" - Bill Summers, Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson, Darrell Smith, Jay Shanklin
"Rubber Soul" - Bill Summers, Herbie Hancock, Wah Wah Watson, Will "Roc" Griffin
"Bo Ba Be Da" - Darrell Smith, Herbie Hancock
Production, recording and mix by Bill Summers and Herbie Hancock with Darrell Robertson, Darrell Smith, Will Griffin.
Additional co-producer (6), additional engineer (1, 6, 10, 11) - Mars Lasar
Chief engineers - Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson, Darrell Smith
Additional recordings at Studio 55 by Michael Schlessinger assisted by Darrell Roamer
Mastering – "Big Bass"
Brian Gardner
Executive-Producer – Guy Eckstine
References
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