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2006 greatest hits album by Herbie Hancock
The Essential Herbie Hancock is the forty-sixth
album by American
jazz musician and pianist
Herbie Hancock . It is part of
Sony BMG 's The Essential series. Unlike the box set The Herbie Hancock Box , this two-disc set is the first compilation of Hancock's music that included music from all the various recording labels for which Hancock recorded.
Track listing
Disc one
Title 1. "
Watermelon Man " (from
Takin' Off , 1962) 7:12 2. "
' Round Midnight " (from the
Sonny Rollins album
Now's the Time , 1964) 4:03 3. "
Cantaloupe Island " (from
Empyrean Isles , 1964) 5:30 4. "
Maiden Voyage " (from
Maiden Voyage , 1965) 7:55 5. "Circle" (from the
Miles Davis Quintet album
Miles Smiles , 1967) 5:48 6. "The Sorcerer" (from
Speak Like a Child , 1968) 5:38 7. "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" (from
Fat Albert Rotunda , 1970) 5:01 8. "Hidden Shadows" (from
Sextant , 1973) 10:11 9. "
Chameleon " (from
Head Hunters , 1973) 15:41 10. "Joanna's Theme" (from
Death Wish , 1974) 4:43
Disc two
Title 1. "Butterfly" (from
Thrust , 1974) 11:17 2. "People Music" (from
Secrets , 1976) 7:08 3. "Milestones" (from
Herbie Hancock Trio , 1977) 6:37 4. "4 AM" (from
Mr. Hands , 1980) 5:22 5. "Come Running To Me" (from
Sunlight , 1978) 8:24 6. "Finger Painting" (from the
V.S.O.P. album Five Stars , 1979) 6:42 7. "Stars In Your Eyes" (from
Monster , 1980) 7:05 8. "
Rockit " (from
Future Shock , 1983) 5:24 9. "
St. Louis Blues " (from
Gershwin's World , 1998) 5:50 10. "Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love)" (from
The New Standard , 1996) 4:04
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