Recorded October 25–26, 1978 Artist Herbie Hancock Label Sony Music Labels Inc. | Studio CBS Studios, Tokyo Release date 1979 Genre Jazz | |
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Released 1979 (expanded CD: 2004) Length 31:31 (original LP)
52:10 (2004) Producer David Rubinson
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The Piano is the twenty-sixth album by Herbie Hancock.
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About the Album
As with Directstep (recorded one week previously), this album was recorded, and originally only released, in Japan. It was one of Hancock's most successful albums in Japan, perhaps because it was entirely solo piano. Hancock tackles Jazz standards such as "My Funny Valentine", "On Green Dolphin Street" and "Some Day My Prince Will Come" while also composing/performing four original songs.
This album was initially released exclusively in Japan and first issued there on CD in 1983. In 2004, over 25 years after its recording, the album was released with four additional alternate takes of the same session. It was the first and only (until 2014) of Hancock's Japanese releases available internationally.
Track listing
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 7:42
- "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:20
- "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) - 4:36
- "Harvest Time" (Hancock) - 4:48
- "Sonrisa" (Hancock) - 3:44
- "Manhattan Island" (Hancock) - 3:56
- "Blue Otani" (Hancock) - 3:25
- "My Funny Valentine" (Alternate) - 6:07
- "On Green Dolphin Street" (Alternate) - 4:04
- "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Alternate) - 5:18
- "Harvest Time" (Alternate) - 5:10
Personnel
Songs
1My Funny Valentine7:42
2On Green Dolphin Street3:20
3Someday My Prince Will Come4:37