Herbie Hancock The Prisoner LP (Vinyl)

Newly Remastered for Blue Note 75th Anniversary Vinyl!

The Prisoner is the seventh album by Herbie Hancock, his final on the Blue Note label, released and recorded in 1969. "Generally speaking, I've been able to get closer to the real me on this album than on any other previous one." This is a value judgment of Herbie Hancock, the gifted young upper echelon jazz pianist-composer who left the charismatic and nutritious aura of the Miles Davis group to venture into leading his own band in order to cultivate his imagination and to shape his own musical concepts.

Newly remastered for vinyl as part of an overall Blue Note 75th anniversary vinyl reissue campaign spearheaded by current Blue Note Records President, Don Was.

"...one of Hancock's most ambitious efforts...Throughout the record, Hancock, Coles, and Henderson exchange provocative, unpredictable solos that build upon the stark melodies and sober mood of the music. The tone is not of sorrow or celebration, but of reflection and contemplation, and on that level, The Prisoner succeeds handsomely..." -Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com

Features:
• Vinyl LP
• Remastered & reissued as part of the Blue Note 75th Anniversary campaign
• Includes special Blue Note 75 vinyl sleeve that features album cover art for 75 Blue Note Titles
• First run pressings to include Blue Note 75th logo on back of package

Musicians:
Herbie Hancock, piano, electric piano
Johnny Coles, fluegelhorn
Joe Henderson, tenor saxophone, alto flute
Garnett Brown, trombone
Buster Williams, bass
Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums
Hubert Laws, flute
Jerome Richardson, bass clarinet, flute
Romeo Penque, bass clarinet
Tony Studd, bass trombone
Jack Jeffers, bass trombone

Selections:
Side One:
1. I Have A Dream
2. The Prisoner
Side Two:
1. Firewater
2. He Who Lives In Fear
3. Promise of The Sun