{"product_id":"hancock-herbie-empyrean-isles-1lp-classic-vinyl-series","title":"Herbie Hancock – Empyrean Isles [1LP Classic Vinyl Series]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHerbie Hancock – Empyrean Isles [1LP Classic Vinyl Series]\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1LP Vinyl, Album, Reissue, Classic Vinyl Series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4859562\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602448595621\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jazz \/ Post-Bop \/ Hard Bop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue Note \/ Universal Music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 29 June 1964\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReissue Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Classic Vinyl Series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New \u0026amp; Sealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmpyrean Isles\u003c\/em\u003e is Herbie Hancock's fourth album as a leader, recorded in June 1964 for Blue Note Records with a quartet comprising Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Ron Carter on bass, and Tony Williams on drums — arguably the most gifted rhythm section working in jazz at that moment, all three of them also members of Miles Davis's second great quintet. The record was made at the height of the post-bop moment, when jazz had fully absorbed the lessons of hard bop and modal playing and was beginning to look toward something new, and Hancock's writing here captures that moment of maximum possibility with extraordinary clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album contains one of the most celebrated compositions in the Hancock catalogue: \u003cstrong\u003e\"Cantaloupe Island\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, a four-bar vamp of such rhythmic and harmonic elegance that it has since become a jazz standard of the first order, covered hundreds of times and later sampled to memorable effect by US3 in 1993. But the album's other three pieces — \u003cstrong\u003e\"One Finger Snap\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e\"Oliloqui Valley\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the title track — are equally significant, demonstrating a compositional intelligence that was already distinctly Hancock's own. This Classic Vinyl Series reissue presents the album from a high-quality pressing designed for contemporary playback systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Finger Snap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOliloqui Valley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCantaloupe Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Egg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCredits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHerbie Hancock – Piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreddie Hubbard – Trumpet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRon Carter – Double Bass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTony Williams – Drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRudy Van Gelder – Recording Engineer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlfred Lion – Producer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel – Blue Note Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herbie Hancock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57577101820291,"sku":"4859562","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/9757\/4275\/files\/8a92ca1e-044f-4339-acef-dadb93d9aeb3.webp?v=1773422895","url":"https:\/\/vikingrecords.co.uk\/products\/hancock-herbie-empyrean-isles-1lp-classic-vinyl-series","provider":"Viking Records Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}