Crossings is the tenth album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1972. It is the second album in his Mwandishi period, which saw him experimenting in electronics and funk with a sextet featuring saxophonist Bennie Maupin, trumpeter Eddie Henderson, trombonist Julian Priester, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Billy Hart. The album is the band's first to feature synthesizer player Patrick Gleeson. He was scheduled to "set up his Moog for Hancock to play." However, Hancock was so impressed with Gleeson that he "asked Gleeson not only to do the overdubs on the album but join the group."[5]
Crossings | ||||
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Released | May 1972[1] | |||
Recorded | February 15–17, 1972 | |||
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Genre | Avant-garde jazz, jazz fusion | |||
Length | 46:21 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | David Rubinson | |||
Herbie Hancock chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Crossings, along with Fat Albert Rotunda and Mwandishi, was reissued in one set as Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings in 1994 and as The Warner Bros. Years (1969-1972) in 2014.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sleeping Giant" | Herbie Hancock | 24:38 |
Total length: | 24:38 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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2. | "Quasar" | Bennie Maupin | 7:27 |
3. | "Water Torture" | Maupin | 14:04 |
Total length: | 21:21 |
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External videos | |
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Herbie Hancock - Sleeping Giant | |
Herbie Hancock - Water torture |