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Directstep 
Studio album by Herbie Hancock Released December 2, 1978 Recorded October 17–18, 1978 Genre Electronic, Jazz fusion Length 31:05 Label Columbia Producer Dave Rubinson
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(1978)Directstep
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[1]Directstep is the twenty-fourth album by Herbie Hancock.
Contents
About the Album
Directstep, released only in Japan, was one of the earliest albums ever released on CD. Webster Lewis became second keyboardist on this album in order for Hancock to handle the multiple layers of electronic texture that he hoped to achieve. Hancock re-recorded "I Thought It Was You" (originally on Sunlight), making it even more electronic with his vocoding. Butterfly was also re-recorded (originally on Thrust) making Directstep the second album after the original version (the first being Flood), to have a rendition of "Butterfly". (The fourth would be Dis Is Da Drum.)
Track listing
- "Butterfly" (Hancock, Maupin) - 7:55
- "Shiftless Shuffle" (Hancock, Jackson, Mason, Summers) - 7:10
- "I Thought It Was You" (Cohen, Hancock, Ragin) - 15:30
Personnel
- Herbie Hancock - Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer, Vocals, Vocoder
- Paul Jackson - Bass
- Bennie Maupin - Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Lyricon
- Bill Summers - Percussion
- Webster Lewis - Organ, Synthesizer, Electric Piano (Rhodes), Backing Vocals
- Ray Obiedo - Guitar
- Alphonse Mouzon - Drums
References
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011 [last update]). "Directstep - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r164344. 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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