- Sunlight (album)
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Sunlight Studio album by Herbie Hancock Released 1978 Recorded July 23, 1977 Genre Funk, Disco Label Columbia Producer Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson Herbie Hancock chronology VSOP: Tempest in the Colosseum
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Sunlight is a 1978 jazz-funk fusion album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock. Originally a UK import album, it features Hancock's vocals through a vocoder as well as performances by drummer Tony Williams and bassist Jaco Pastorius.
The album produced a UK single entitled "I Thought It Was You" which was mildly received at the time by jazz listeners. As a whole the album tends to lay more toward funk than a jazz record, and is reminiscent of much of the electro-funk of the time. This release marks the beginning of the 1980s electro-era style that was more refined in Herbie's later albums such as Future Shock and Sound-System.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks composed by Herbie Hancock, except where indicated.
Side one
- "I Thought it Was You" (Hancock, Melvin Ragin, Jeffrey Cohen) – 8:54
- "Come Running to Me" (lyrics by Allee Willis) – 8:23
Side two
- "Sunlight" – 7:09
- "No Means Yes" – 6:18
- "Good Question" – 6:31
Personnel
Musicians
- Terry Adams – strings
- Garnett Brown – brass
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums
- Herbie Hancock – keyboards, producer, synthesizer, vocals, background vocals
- Fred Jackson, Jr. – woodwind
- James Levi – drums
- Roy Malan– strings
- Harvey Mason, Sr. – drums
- Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone
- Byron Miller – electric bass
- Jack Nimitz – woodwind
- Robert O'Bryant – brass
- Jaco Pastorius – eletric bass
- Raul Rekow – percussion
- Nathan Rubin – strings
- Bobby Shew – brass
- Maurice Spears – brass
- Bill Summer – percussion
- Emily VanValkenburgh – strings
- Linda Wood – strings
Production
- Terry Becker – assistant engineer
- Phill Brown – mastering
- Fred Catero – engineer
- Herbie Hancock – composer, producer, string arrangements
- Steve Mantoani – engineer
- Chris Minto – assistant engineer
- Henri Renaud – producer
- David Rubinson – engineer, producer
- Cheryl Ward – assistant engineer
- Allee Willis – composer
External links
- "Herbie Hancock - Sunlight (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. 2011 [last update]. http://www.discogs.com/Herbie-Hancock-Sunlight/release/527548. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
References
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011 [last update]). "Sunlight - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r164340. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
Herbie Hancock Studio albums Takin' Off · My Point of View · Inventions and Dimensions · Empyrean Isles · Maiden Voyage · Speak Like a Child · The Prisoner · Fat Albert Rotunda · Mwandishi · Crossings · Sextant · Head Hunters · Thrust · Man-Child · Secrets · Third Plane · Herbie Hancock Trio · Sunlight · Directstep · The Piano · Feets, Don't Fail Me Now · Monster · Mr. Hands · Magic Windows · Herbie Hancock Trio · Lite Me Up · Future Shock · Sound System · Village Life · Perfect Machine · A Tribute to Miles · Dis Is da Drum · The New Standard · 1 + 1 · Gershwin's World · Future2Future · Possibilities · River: The Joni Letters · The Imagine Project
Live albums Hear, O Israel - A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz · Flood · V.S.O.P. · V.S.O.P.: The Quintet · V.S.O.P.: Tempest in the Colosseum · An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert · CoreaHancock · V.S.O.P.: Live Under the Sky · Jazz Africa · Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall · Live: Detroit/Chicago
with Bob Brookmeyer Bob Brookmeyer and Friendswith Donald Byrd Chant · Royal Flush · Free Form · Out of this World · A New Perspective
with Miles Davis Seven Steps to Heaven · My Funny Valentine · Four & More · E.S.P. · Miles Smiles · Sorcerer · Nefertiti · Miles in the Sky · Filles de Kilimanjaro · In a Silent Way · A Tribute to Jack Johnson · On the Corner · Big Fun · Get Up with It · Water Babies
with Jack DeJohnette,
Pat Metheny and Dave HollandParallel Realitieswith Joe Farrell Moon Germs · Penny Arcade · Upon This Rock · Night Dancing
with Freddie Hubbard Compilations Treasure Chest · The Best of Herbie Hancock · The Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock
Soundtracks Blow-Up · Death Wish · 'Round Midnight
See also Discography
Categories:- 1978 albums
- Herbie Hancock albums
- Columbia Records albums
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