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Released
  
September 29, 1981

Magic Windows (1981)
  
Lite Me Up! (1982)

Release date
  
29 September 1981

Length
  
42:39

Artist
  
Herbie Hancock

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Recorded
  
1981 The Automatt, San Francisco

Genres
  
Jazz, Jazz fusion, Rhythm and blues

Producers
  
Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson

Similar
  
Herbie Hancock albums, Jazz albums

Herbie hancock 1981 magic windows full album


Magic Windows is the thirty-second album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released on September 29, 1981 on Columbia. Personnel involved in this album, besides Herbie himself, include among others: Wah-Wah Watson, Ray Parker Jr., Sylvester, Paulinho da Costa, Adrian Belew and Sheila Escovedo.

Contents

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Track listing

  1. "Magic Number" (David Rubinson, H. Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen) – 7:24
  2. "Tonight's the Night" (H. Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen, Ray Parker, Jr.) – 6:31
  3. "Everybody's Broke" (Alphonse Mouzon, Gavin Christopher, H. Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen) – 7:11
  4. "Help Yourself" (David Rubinson, Gavin Christopher, H. Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen) – 6:43
  5. "Satisfied with Love" (H. Hancock, Jean Hancock) – 6:31
  6. "The Twilight Clone" (Adrian Belew, H. Hancock) – 8:19
  7. "Magic Number (Disco Version)" (David Rubinson, H. Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen) - 9:30

Synthesisers

Amongst the other synthesizers employed on this album, an Alpha Syntauri (enhanced Apple computer) was used for some of the tracks.

Liner-notes on the CD version, from "Jazz Originals Series", say "There are no strings, or other orchestral instruments on this album. All of these orchestrations are performed by Herbie Hancock on various synthesizers."

Personnel

  • Herbie Hancock - E-mu Polyphonic keyboard, E-mu Emulator, clavitar, Minimoog, Prophet 5, Oberheim 8 Voice, Yamaha CS-80, ARP Odyssey, ARP 2600, Hohner clavinet, Rhodes 88 Suitcase piano, Sennheiser, Linn LM-1 drum computer, modified Apple II plus microcomputer, acoustic piano, bass (2), backing vocals (3)
  • Michael Brecker - tenor sax (2, 4)
  • Ray Parker Jr. (1-2), George Johnson (3, 6), Al McKay (4), Wah-Wah Watson (5), Adrian Belew (6) - guitar
  • Freddie Washington (1, 5), Louis Johnson (3, 6), Ed Watkins (4) - bass
  • John Robinson (1, 3), Ray Parker Jr. (2), James Gadson (4), Alphonse Mouzon (5) - drums
  • Kwasi Dzidzornu, Kwawu Ladzekpo and Moody Perry III - bells, Ghanaian drums (6)
  • Juan Escovedo, Pete Escovedo and Sheila Escovedo (1), Paulinho da Costa (6) - percussion
  • Sylvester (1), Vicki Randle (2), Gavin Christopher (3-5) - lead vocals
  • Jeanie Tracy (1), Dede Dickerson, Ngoh Spencer and Vicki Randle (2-4), David Bottom and Jeffrey Cohen (3), Julia, Luther, Maxine and Oren Waters (5) - backing vocals

    • Songs

    1Magic Number7:25
    2Tonight's the Night6:32
    3Everybody's Broke7:11

    References

    Magic Windows Wikipedia
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