VSOP (album)

Infobox Album | Name = V.S.O.P.
Type = Live Album
Artist = Herbie Hancock


Released = 1976
Recorded = 1976
Genre = Jazz
Length = 86:35
Label = Columbia
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Secrets"
(1976)
This album = "V.S.O.P"
(1976)
Next album = ""
(1977)

"V.S.O.P." is a 1976 jazz-funk fusion live album by keyboard player Herbie Hancock featuring performances by the V.S.O.P. Quintet (Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter & Tony Williams), the Mwandishi band with Eddie Henderson on two tracks, and The Headhunters featuring Bennie Maupin and Paul Jackson.

Track listing

# "Piano Introduction" - 4:32
# "Maiden Voyage" (Hancock) - 13:18
# "Nefertiti" (Shorter) - 5:17
# "Introduction of Players/Eye of the Hurricane" (Hancock) - 18:35
# "Toys" (Hancock) - 14:00
# "Introductions" - 1:47
# "You'll Know When You Get There" (Hancock) - 7:00
# "Hang Up Your Hang Ups" (Hancock, Jackson, Ragin) - 11:54
# "Spider" (Hancock, Jackson, Ragin) -10:12

Recorded Live At:

Newport Jazz Festival - New York City Center - New York, New York - Tuesday, June 29, 1976

Tracks 1-4 performed by V.S.O.P., Tracks 5-7 performed by Mwandishi, Tracks 8-9 performed by the Headhunters