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Dis Is da Drum

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Released
  
1994

Length
  
54:59

Release date
  
26 October 1994

Genres
  
Jazz, Acid jazz, Jazz rap

Recorded
  
1993-1994

Artist
  
Herbie Hancock

Label
  
Mercury Records

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Dis Is Da Drum (1994)
  
The New Standard (1995)

Similar
  
Herbie Hancock albums, Jazz albums

Rubber soul


Dis Is Da Drum is Herbie Hancock's thirty-ninth album and his first solo album since leaving Columbia Records.

Contents

Tracks like "Bo Ba Be Da" and "Dis Is Da Drum" reflect Hancock's move towards acid jazz, while "Butterfly" makes a fourth appearance on a Hancock album following the original album (Thrust), a live album (Flood), and another studio album (Direct Step).

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Track listing

  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

Personnel

  • Herbie Hancock – synthesizer, acoustic piano, electric piano, clavinet, Moog synthesizer, synthesizer bass, rhythm arrangements
  • Francis Awe – vocals
  • Skip Burney – djembe
  • Chill Factor – dap
  • Guy Eckstine – drums
  • Lazaro Galarraga – vocals
  • Will "Roc" Griffin – sampling, loops, sequencing, rhythm arrangements
  • Nengue Hernandez – bata
  • William Kennedy – drums
  • Mars Lasar – synthesizer, keyboards, sound design
  • Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • The Real Richie Rich – scratching
  • Darrell Robertson – guitar, rhythm arrangements
  • Wallace Roney – trumpet
  • Jay Shanklin – rhythm arrangements
  • Darrell Smith – keyboards, electric piano, rhythm arrangements
  • Ken Strong – drums
  • Bill Summers – percussion, conga, tambourine, bells, dunun, djembe, shekere, vocal arrangement, rhythm arrangements, cabasa
  • Frank Thibeaux – bass guitar
  • Wah Wah Watson – guitar
  • Background vocals - Marina Bambino, Huey Jackson, Hollis Payseur, Angel Rogers, Yvette Summers, Louis Verdeaux

    • Songs

    1Call It '954:40
    2Dis Is da Drum4:49
    3Shooz1:18

    References

    Dis Is da Drum Wikipedia
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