Man-Child

by Herbie Hancock

Overview

Perhaps the funkiest album of Herbie Hancock's early- to mid-'70s jazz/funk/fusion era, Man-Child starts off with the unforgettable "Hang Up Your Hang Ups," and the beat just keeps coming until the album's end. "Sun Touch" and "Bubbles" are slower, but funky nonetheless. Hancock is the star on his arsenal of keyboards, but guitarist Wah Wah Watson's presence is what puts a new sheen on this recording, distinguishing it from its predecessors, Head Hunters and Thrust. Others among the all-star cast of soloists and accompanists include Wayne Shorter on soprano sax, Stevie Wonder on chromatic harmonica, and longtime Hancock cohort Bennie Maupin on an arsenal of woodwinds. ~ Jim Newsom

Product Details

Release Date:	05/04/1992
Label:	Columbia / Sony Music Distribution
UPC:	5099747123528
Rank:	71326

Tracks

1. Hang Up Your Hang Ups
2. Sun Touch
3. The Trailor
4. Bubbles
5. Steppin' In It
6. Heartbeat

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Herbie Hancock   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals,Clavinet,Keyboards,Arp Odyssey,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes,ARP Synthesizer,Arp Pro Soloist,Piano (Electric),Synthesizer Strings,Oberheim Synthesizer
Wah Wah Watson   Synthesizer,Guitar,Sampling,Voice Bag
Dewayne Blackbyrd McKnight   Guitar
Bud Brisbois   Trumpet
Dick Hyde   Tuba,Trombone,Trombone (Bass)
Stevie Wonder   Harmonica
Harvey Mason, Sr.   Drums
Bill Summers   Percussion
Bennie Maupin   Wind,Flute,Saxello,Percussion,Sax (Tenor),Flute (Alto),Flute (Bass),Sax (Soprano),Clarinet (Bass)
Garnett Brown   Trombone
Jim Horn   Flute,Saxophone
Jay DaVersa   Trumpet
Mike Clark   Drums
Henry E. Davis   Bass
Wayne Shorter   Saxophone,Sax (Soprano)
Louis Johnson   Bass
Paul Jackson   Bass
James Gadson   Drums
Ernie Watts   Flute,Saxophone
David T. Walker   Guitar

Technical Credits

Louis Johnson   Composer
Melvin Ragin   Composer
Phil Brown   Mastering
P. Jackson   Composer
George Horn   Mastering
Herbie Hancock   Composer,Producer
Ren Deaton Productions   Art Direction
Jack Leahy   Engineer
Dario Campanile   Artwork,Art Direction
Wayne Shorter   Composer
Paul Jackson   Composer
The Headhunters   Group
L. Johnson   Composer
Fred Catero   Engineer
David Rubinson   Engineer,Producer