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Revision as of 21:37, 29 June 2018

Fat Albert Rotunda
Studio album by
Herbie Hancock
Released1969
RecordedOctober–December 1969
Recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studios in Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz, jazz-funk, soul, funk
Length33:41
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerHerbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock chronology
The Prisoner
(1969) 		Fat Albert Rotunda
(1969) 		Mwandishi
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Fat Albert Rotunda is the eighth album by jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock, released in 1969. It was Hancock's first release for Warner Bros. Records after his departure from Blue Note Records. The music was originally done for the TV special Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert, which later inspired Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids TV show. Fat Albert Rotunda, along with Mwandishi and Crossings was reissued in one set as Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings in 1994 [3] and as The Warner Bros. Years (1969-1972) in 2014 [4].

About the Album

On this album Hancock changes his style radically and takes instrumental soul music rather than jazz as the basis of his compositions. Many songs also hint at his forthcoming jazz-funk style that he fully approached a few years later. Quincy Jones recorded "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" for his 1978 album, Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!, while Hancock revisited "Jessica" on the 1977 Hancock album VSOP: The Quintet.

Track listing

All Songs composed by Herbie Hancock. (Copyright Hancock Music Company-BMI)

No.TitleLength
1."Wiggle-Waggle"5:51
2."Fat Mama"3:49
3."Tell Me a Bedtime Story"5:01
4."Oh! Oh! Here He Comes"4:08
5."Jessica"4:13
6."Fat Albert Rotunda"6:29
7."Lil' Brother"4:26

Personnel

Production

  • Arranged and conducted by Herbie Hancock
  • Produced by Herbie Hancock
  • Recorded and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder

Later Samples

References

  1. ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Fat Albert Rotunda - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 93. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/herbie_hancock/mwandishi__the_complete_warner_bros__recordings/
  4. ^ https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/herbie_hancock/the_warner_bros__years__1969_1972_/
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