Crossings (Herbie Hancock album)

Crossings
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released	1972
Recorded	February 1972 Pacific Recording Studios, San Mateo Moog and mellotron at Different Fur Trading Company, San Francisco
Genre	Jazz-fusion
Length	46:21
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	David Rubinson
Herbie Hancock chronology
Mwandishi (1970) Crossings (1972) Sextant (1973)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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. Notably, the album is the band's first to feature their new member - synthesizer player Patrick Gleeson. He was originally only scheduled to "set up his Moog synthesiser for Hancock to play." However, Hancock was so impressed with Gleason that he "asked Gleason not only to do the overdubs on the album but join the group."^[2]

Track listing

Original LP

Side A

1. "Sleeping Giant" – 24:50

Side B

1. "Quasar" – 7:27
2. "Water Torture" – 14:04

Personnel

• Herbie Hancock - Piano, Electric Piano, Mellotron, Percussion
• Eddie Henderson - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Percussion
• Billy Hart - Drums, Percussion
• Julian Priester - Bass, Tenor and Alto Trombone, Percussion
• Buster Williams - Electric Bass, Bass, Percussion
• Bennie Maupin - Soprano Saxophone, Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet, Piccolo, Percussion

With:

• Patrick Gleeson - Moog Synthesizer
• Victor Pontoja - Congas
• Voices - Candy Love, Sandra Stevens, Della Horne, Victoria Domagalski, Scott Breach

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Stuart Nicholson's notes for the 2001 Warner Bros. CD reissue.