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Herbie Hancock
V.S.O.P.

Album US 1977 on Columbia label
Jazz (Fusion, Post-Bop, Jazz-Funk)

The occasion for these recordings was a special concert presented on June 29, 1976 at New York's City Center, by George Wein as part of the Newport Jazz Festival. Originally termed a "Retrospective of The Music of Herbie Hancock" its purpose was not so much to pay tribute to one musician, but to enable a group of great musicians to get together and play. © 1977 CBS Inc./℗ 1977 CBS Inc./Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS Inc./51 W. 52 Street, New York, N.Y./® "Columbia," Marcas Reg. Track C2 is not listed on back cover. Gatefold jacket.

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	Herbie Hancock p, *1940 US clavinet, hohner d6, electric piano, rhodes, yamaha electric grand piano, synthesizer, micro-moog, oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, echoplex, countryman phase shifter, cry baby wah wah, clavinet, hohner d6, synthesizer, arp odyssey, arp string ensemble, electric piano, rhodes, yamaha electric grand piano, electric piano, yamaha electric grand piano, liner notes, album by, written by
	Buster Williams b, *1942 US bass
	Ron Carter b, *1937 US bass
	Anthony Williams dr, 1945-1997 US drums
	Billy Hart dr, *1940 US drums
	James Levi dr, perc, drums
	Paul Jackson eb, b, *1947 US electric bass, written by
	Bennie Maupin ts, *1940 US flute, alto, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, lyricon
	Ray Parker Jr. , *1954 US guitar
	Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson g, syn, voc, *1950 US guitar, talkbox, voice bag, synthesizer, maestro universal synthesizer system, maestro sample & hold
	Kenneth Nash perc, percussion
	Wayne Shorter ts, ss, *1933 US tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, written by
	Julian Priester tb, *1935 US trombone, tenor, bass
	Freddie Hubbard tr, 1938-2008 US trumpet
	Eddie Henderson tr, fh, *1940 US trumpet, flugelhorn, effects

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