Tracklist
| A1 | One Finger Snap | |||
| A2 | Oliloqui Valley | |||
| B1 | Cantaloupe Island | |||
| B2 | The Egg |
Companies etc
- Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Credits
- Bass – Ron Carter
- Cornet – Freddie Hubbard
- Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
- Drums – Anthony Williams
- Liner Notes – Nora Kelly
- Photography By [Cover] – Francis Wolff
- Piano – Herbie Hancock
- Producer – Alfred Lion
- Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder
- Written-By – Herbie Hancock
Notes
Recorded on June 17, 1964.
Other Versions (Showing 5 of 9) View All
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empyrean Isles (LP, Album, RE, RM) | Blue Note | BST 84175 | Europe | 1985 | ||
| Empyrean Isles (CD, Album, RE) | Blue Note | CDP 7 84175 2 | US | 1987 | ||
| Empyrean Isles (LP, Album, RE) | Blue Note, Pathé Marconi EMI | BST 84175 | France | 1982 | ||
| Empyrean Isles: The Blue Note Collection (CD, Album) | Time Life Music | TL 646/5/3 | 1987 | |||
| Empyrean Isles (LP, Album, RE) | Blue Note | BST-84175 | US | 1973 |
Recommendations
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Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly (LP, Album)
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Donald Byrd - Places And Spaces (LP, Album)
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Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (LP, Album)
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Herbie Hancock - Speak Like A Child (LP, Album, Gat)
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Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man (LP, Album)
[r1102285]
The 1950s were about forming the groundwork for jazz. Its maturation came in the post-bop 1960s, and this album was conceived at arguably the very peak of that movement. My favourites here are the "Oliloqui Valley" and the immortal "Cantaloupe Island."