- Magic Windows (album)
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Magic Windows 
Studio album by Herbie Hancock Released September 1981 Recorded 1981 Genre Jazz fusion, R&B Label Columbia Producer Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson Herbie Hancock chronology Herbie Hancock Trio
(1981)Magic Windows
(1981)Lite Me Up!
(1982)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Magic Windows is the thirty-second album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1981.
Personnel involved in this album, besides Herbie himself, include among others: Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson, Ray Parker Jr., Sylvester, Paulinho da Costa, Adrian Belew, Sheila Escovedo and Coke Escovedo.
Contents
Track listing
- "Magic Number" – 7:21 lead vocals by Sylvester
- "Tonight's the Night" – 6:28
- "Everybody's Broke" – 7:05
- "Help Yourself" – 6:40
- "Satisfied With Love" – 6:28
- "The Twilight Clone" – 8:15
Synthesisers
Amongst the other synthesisers employed on this album, an Alpha Syntauri (enhanced Apple ][ computer) was used for some of the tracks.
Liner-notes on the CD version, from "Jazz Originals Series", say "There are no strings, or other orchestral instruments on this album. All of these orchestrations are performed by Herbie Hancock on various synthesizers."
See also
References
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011 [last update]). "Magic Windows - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/magic-windows-r159365. 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:- 1981 albums
- Columbia Records albums
- Herbie Hancock albums
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