The Prisoner (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Prisoner
Type = Studio album
Artist = Herbie Hancock


Released =
Recorded = 1969
Genre = Jazz
Length = 37:05 (original album)
Label = Blue Note Records
Producer = Alfred Lion
Reviews = *amg|id=10:hxfuxq9gldhe|rating|3|5
Last album = "Speak Like a Child"
(1968)
This album = "The Prisoner"
(1969)
Next album = "Fat Albert Rotunda"
(1969)

"The Prisoner" is the 7th and final album by Herbie Hancock, on the Blue Note label. His next record would be on Warner Bros. Records.

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Hancock, except as indicated.

#"I Have a Dream" – 10:58
#"The Prisoner" – 7:57
#"Firewater" (Buster Williams) – 7:33
#"He Who Lives in Fear" – 6:52
#"Promise of the Sun" – 7:53
#"The Prisoner" (alternate take) – 5:48 (not on original album)
#"Firewater" (Buster Williams) (alternate take) – 8:39 (not on original album)

Personnel

*Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano
*Johnny Coles — fluegelhorn
*Garnett Brown — trombone
*Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone, flute
*Tony Studd — bass trombone (1,2,4)
*Jack Jeffers — bass trombone (3,5)
*Hubert Laws — flute (1,2,4)
*Jerome Richardson — bass clarinet (1,2,4), flute (3,5)
*Romeo Penque — bass clarinet (3,5)
*Buster Williams — bass
*Albert Heath — drums