Mwandishi

Mwandishi
Mwandishi
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released 1971
Recorded December 1970
Wally Heider Recording Studio C, San Francisco
Genre Jazz, Jazz fusion
Length 44:48
Label Warner Bros.
Producer David Rubinson
Herbie Hancock chronology
Fat Albert Rotunda
(1969)
Mwandishi
(1971)
Crossings
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars [1]

Mwandishi is the ninth album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1971. It is one of Hancock's first departures from the traditional idioms of jazz as well as the onset of a new, creative and original style which produced an appeal to a wider audience, before his 1973 album, Head Hunters. In addition, Mwandishi was Hancock's attempt at continuing the musical principles and styles he began playing with Miles Davis on In A Silent Way. Hancock's previous attempts at jazz-rock fusion included Fat Albert Rotunda, an album conceived solely for Bill Cosby's Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.

Mwandishi was recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, in San Francisco, California in December 1970. It was originally recorded by the Mwandishi Sextet that was built around Herbie Hancock and progressive notions of funk, jazz, and rock during this time period.

The tracks on Mwandishi are "Ostinato," which is in 15/8 rhythm, "You'll Know When You Get There", and "Wandering Spirit Song". "Wandering Spirit Song" features Hancock's extensive use of tension and release, whereby he builds the tension of the song by increasing the amount of musical voices and increasing crescendos, only to release the tension with long held out chords on his synthesizer.

Mwandishi is a Swahili name Hancock adopted during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The members of the Sextet each adopted a Swahili name: Mchezaji/Buster Williams, Jabali/Billy Hart, Mganga/Eddie Henderson, Mwile/Bennie Maupin, Pepo Mtoto/Julian Priester, and Ndugu/Leon Chancler.

Track listing

  1. "Ostinato (Suite For Angela)" – 13:10
  2. "You'll Know When You Get There" – 10:22
  3. "Wandering Spirit Song" – 21:26

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