Herbie Hancock Crossings

High Quality Pure Analogue 180g Virgin Vinyl LP!
AAA Recording!
Audiophile Mastering By Kevin Gray From Original Master Tapes!
In the 1970s, Herbie Hancock's "Crossings" was to be found on every IKEA record shelf in the student pads of jazz-fusion fans. The cover, with its psychedelic touch, also contributed significantly to its popularity "although it was unclear where the crossing was going to take us".
Nevertheless, the excellent trumpeter Eddie Henderson often underestimated as an improviser and composer, and Benny Maupin who like Hancock had grown up under Miles Davis's wing, present a wide range of sound-generating instruments as was all the rage in those days. Synthesizer and Mellotron (a polyphonic tape replay keyboard and as such practically the prototype of the sampler) were permanent members of the group and even produce here melodic arches of sound! Whether Bennie Maupin's "Quasar" launches the group and us into extraterrestrial territory (as stated in one review) is a moot point.
This LP is a contemporary historical document, though it certainly doesn't sound antiquated. That's why younger listeners too will find pleasure in this experiment from the previous millennium.
This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.
The LP is definitely a contemporary document, it doesn't sound antiquated – that's why even younger contemporaries should find their pleasure in these experiments of the last millennium.

Features:

• 180g Virgin Vinyl
• High Quality Pressing
• Pure Analogue
• AAA Recording
• Gatefold jacket
• Audiophile Mastering By Kevin Gray From Original Master Tapes

Musicians:

• Herbie Hancock, acoustic piano, electric piano, mellotron, percussion
• Bennie Maupin, soprano saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet, piccolo, percussion
• Eddie Henderson, trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
• Julian Priester, bass, tenor and alto trombones, percussion
• Patrick Gleeson, Moog synthesizer
• Buster Williams, electric bass, string bass, percussion
• Billy Hart, drums, percussion
• Victor Pantoja, congas

Selections:

Side A
1. Sleeping Giant
Side B
1. Quasar
2. Water Torture

Recording: February 1972 at Pacific Recording Studios, San Mateo, California, by Patrick Gleason
Production: David Rubinson