Fat Albert Rotunda
| Fat Albert Rotunda | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by Herbie Hancock | ||||
| Released | Mid June 1970 | |||
| Recorded | May–June 1969 Recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studios in Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
|||
| Genre | Jazz, jazz-funk, soul, funk | |||
| Length | 33:41 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Herbie Hancock | |||
| Herbie Hancock chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  |
Fat Albert Rotunda is the eighth album by jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock, released in 1970. It also was the first album that Hancock had on the Warner Bros. Records label, since leaving Blue Note Records. The music was originally done for the TV special Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert, which later inspired Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids TV show. Fat Albert Rotunda, along with Mwandishi and Crossings was reissued in one set as Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings in 1994.
On this album Hancock changes his style radically and takes instrumental soul music rather than jazz as the basis of his compositions. Many songs also hint at his forthcoming jazz-funk style that he fully approached a few years later. Quincy Jones recorded "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" for his 1978 album, Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!, while Hancock revisited "Jessica" on the 1977 Hancock album VSOP: The Quintet.
All Songs composed by Herbie Hancock. (Copyright Hancock Music Company-BMI)
...
Wikipedia