• 1. Watermelon Man
      • 2. Three Bags Full
      • 3. Empty Pockets
      • 4. The Maze
      • 5. Driftin'
      • 6. Alone And I

      Takin' Off is the debut album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock that was released in 1962 by Blue Note Records. The recording session includes Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and Dexter Gordon on tenor saxophone. Classic hard bop business!

      Other Releases by Herbie Hancock

      Herbie HancockThe New StandardVerve Records
      Originally released in 1996 - and for the first time here on vinyl - The New Standard features songs by Stevie Wonder, Prince, Sade, Nirvana and more getting...
        • New Audiophile 2×LP (180 GRAM) 5540622£54.00
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        Herbie HancockFat Albert Rotunda (1969)Warner Bros.
        The definitive funky soul jazz monster! Nuff tunes! Monster, monster, monster funk jazz bomb! Killer late 60s with 'Wiggle-Waggle'.
        • – Wiggle-Waggle
        • – Fat Mama
        • – Oh! Oh! Here He Comes
        • – Fat Albert Rotunda
        Herbie HancockCrossings (1972)Warner Bros
        Tough, tough, tough heavy Headhunters fusion, 1972 in the zone! Classic Herbie Hancock group line-up with Benny Maupin, Billy Hart and Buster Williams
        • – Sleeping Giant
        • Original LP£25.00
          Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGUSA Original pressing gatefold sleeve, has wear to sleeve, name on back
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        • CD 0093624754220£7.99
        Herbie HancockMr Hands (1980)Columbia
        Harvey Mason, Bill Summers, Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson et al. Includes the killer fusion of 'Shiftless Shuffle'.
        • – shiftless shuffle
        Herbie HancockThrust (1974)Columbia
        An essential classic! The heaviest funky jazz ever recorded. Deep, deep, deep. As good as it gets! 180 gram audiophile issue vinyl.
        • – Spank-A-Lee
        • – Palm Grease
        Herbie HancockMan-Child (1975)Columbia
        Classic fusion album featuring a killer set of funky-jazz fusion. Heavyweight!
        • – hang Up Your hang ups
        Herbie HancockSunlightMusic On Vinyl
        Jazz-funk fusion at it's finest, featuring Bill Summers, Paul Jackson, Ray Parker Jr. and Jaco Pastorius.
        • – I Thought It Was You
        • LP (180 gram) MOVLP1970£28.99
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        Herbie HancockSextant (1972)Columbia
        'Sextant' from 1972 was recorded just before 'Headhunters', and can be seen in the same vein, but it's more than just an introduction to a masterpiece....
        • – Rain Dance
        Herbie HancockHead Hunters (1973)Columbia
        This is THE definitive funk-jazz fusion album - truly jaw-droppingly good stuff that instantly set the standard against which other fusion musicians measured...
        • – Chameleon
        • – Watermelon Man
        • – Sly
        Herbie HancockSecrets (1976)Columbia
        Seminal jazz funk fusion album including top funky re-version of Hancock's own "Cantelope Island". Also "Doin It" and "Gentle Thoughts" all with the great...
        • – Doin' It
        Herbie HancockSpeak Like A ChildDecca / Blue Note
        Seminal Herbie Hancock on Blue Note, produced by Duke Pearson.
          Herbie HancockMaiden Voyage (1965)Blue Note
          Brilliant, brilliant album - every track's a winner! Highly recommended!
            Herbie HancockEmpyrean IslesBlue Note
            Stone cold classic Herbie Hancock featuring Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter and Tony Williams! Includes the timeless 'Cantaloupe Island'

              Other Releases on Blue Note

              Andrew HillJudgmentBlue Note
              Alfred Lion considered pianist-composer Andrew Hill as unique as Thelonious Monk and documented Hill’s music with a fervor. Recorded in 1964 with a quartet...
                • LP 7507950£27.99
                  Part of Blue Note’s ‘Classic Vinyl’ series.
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                Stanley TurrentineIn Memory OfBlue Note
                Stanley Turrentine’s stellar 1964 album, In Memory Of, traversed swinging hard bop, beautiful balladry and African rhythms with the saxophonist fronting...
                  • LP 5571608£36.99
                    Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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                  Dexter GordonLandslideBlue Note
                  First issued in 1980 as part of Blue Note's LT Series, Landslide compiles three previously unreleased sessions from 1961-62, capturing saxophonist Dexter...
                    Freddie RoachDown To EarthBlue Note
                    Hammond B3 organist Freddie Roach began a run of Blue Note leader dates with his excellent 1962 debut Down To Earth. The deeply soulful set was a showcase...
                      'Baby Face' WilletteStop And ListenBlue Note
                      Beautiful, a different Hammond B3 sound than Smith, fabulous ballads, great swing, this man should have been huge but disappeared back to Cook County in...
                        Eddie HendersonHeritage (1976)Blue Note
                        Trumpeter Eddie Henderson came to prominence as a member of Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi in the early-70s after which he recorded a pair of seminal jazz-funk...
                          Andrew HillAndrew!!!Blue Note
                          Pianist Andrew Hill burst onto the scene in 1963–64 with a torrent of creativity that produced five remarkable albums including Andrew!!! featuring saxophonist...
                            Leo ParkerRollin' With LeoBlue Note
                            Joining pianist John Cameron in the "good and the great of British Jazz" line-up is bass player Danny Thompson, percussionist Tony Carr, and flute and...
                              Grachan Moncur IIISome Other Stuff (Tone Poet)Blue Note
                              Following his excellent 1963 debut Evolution, trombonist Grachan Moncur III ventured even deeper into experimental waters on 1964’s Some Other Stuff,...
                                • LP 5542148£36.99
                                  This is part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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                                Eliane EliasIllusionsBlue Note
                                  • Original LP BLJ-46994£18.00
                                    Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl, ex-radio station copy with radio station stickers on front
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                                  Dom MinasiWhen Joanna Loved MeBlue Note
                                    • Original LP BN-LA258-G£10.00
                                      Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl
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                                    Duke PearsonWahoo!Blue Note
                                    Duke Pearson’s great 1964 album Wahoo! was a perfect encapsulation of his talents as a pianist, composer and bandleader. Writing for a sextet featuring...
                                      • LP 6510372£27.99
                                        Part of Blue Note's 'Classic Vinyl' series.
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                                      Booker LittleBooker Little & Max RoachBlue Note
                                      Trumpeter Booker Little made only a few albums during his tragically short life including his astounding debut Booker Little 4 & Max Roach recorded in...
                                        • LP 4881948£36.99
                                          Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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                                        Gene Harris And The Three SoundsLive At The 'It Club'Blue Note
                                        The Three Sounds were one of the most prolific groups on the Blue Note roster from the late-1950s into the early 1970s. Led by pianist Gene Harris the...
                                          Freddie HubbardHere To StayBlue Note
                                          Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard burst out of the gates in 1960 with a torrent of creativity that produced six classic albums in two years including Here To Stay...
                                            • LP 6514965£27.99
                                              Part of Blue Note's 'Classic Vinyl' series.
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                                            Booker ErvinTex Book TenorBlue Note
                                            Booker Ervin cut two stellar Blue Note records in the late-60s including Tex Book Tenor which had to wait until 2005 for its first standalone release....
                                              Joe HendersonMode for Joe (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
                                              Saxophonist Joe Henderson expanded his palette on his vigorous 1966 album Mode for Joe with a dynamic septet featuring Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Bobby...
                                                Jack WilsonEasterly WindsBlue Note
                                                KILLER Blue Note album - 100% essential.
                                                • – On Children
                                                • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 4509258£39.00
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                                                Herbie Nichols TrioHerbie Nichols TrioBlue Note
                                                One of jazz’s most tragically overlooked geniuses, Herbie Nichols was a highly original piano stylist and a composer of tremendous imagination and eclecticism....
                                                  Duke PearsonThe Right TouchBlue Note
                                                  Super killer dance jazz classic Blue Note. 'Chilli Peppers' is one of the toughest tunes ever, a mainstay of Gilles Peterson/jazz dance back in the days...
                                                  • – Chili Peppers
                                                  • – Make It Good
                                                  • – My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera)
                                                  • – Los Malos Hombres
                                                  • – Scrap Iron
                                                  • – Rotary
                                                  Wayne ShorterNight Dreamer (1964)Blue Note
                                                  Wayne Shorter's debut for Blue Note, with six original compositions. A transitional record but a classic one with Shorter joined by Lee Morgan, McCoy...
                                                  • – Night Dreamer
                                                  Tina BrooksTrue BlueBlue Note
                                                  The only one of tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks’ albums as a leader to be released during his too-brief lifetime, 1960’s True Blue is a hard bop masterpiece...
                                                    Earl KlughCaptain Caribe - The Best Of Earl KlughBlue Note
                                                      • Original LP GP-3205£15.00
                                                        Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Secondhand Japanese vinyl, no Obi, some sleeve staining
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                                                      Donald ByrdPlaces And Spaces (1975)Blue Note
                                                      SEMINAL MONSTER LP!!The definitive jazz funk album produced by the Mizell brothers. A classic all the way featuring the essential rare groove cuts 'Change',...
                                                      • – Change
                                                      • – Wind Parade
                                                      • – (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
                                                      • – Places And Spaces
                                                      • – You And The Music
                                                      • – Night Whistler
                                                      • – Just My Imagination
                                                      Freddie HubbardBlue Spirits (1966)Blue Note
                                                      Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, James Spaulding, Larry Ridley, Harold Mabern, Big Black. Classic Blue Note session.
                                                      • – soul surge
                                                      • – jodo
                                                      • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3856838£34.99
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                                                      Walter Smith IIIReturn to CasualBlue Note
                                                      Saxophonist and composer Walter Smith III enters a new era of his band leading career with his remarkable Blue Note debut return to casual, the long-anticipated...
                                                        Horace Parlan QuintetSpeakin' My PieceBlue Note
                                                        Horace Parlan struck out in style as a bandleader in 1960 with a swathe of albums for Blue Note, amongst which was this dazzling display with his quintet....
                                                          Transmissions from Total Refreshment CentreBlue Note
                                                          All the best music has a community underneath it. The extended family around London’s Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) connects continents and generations,...
                                                            Grant GreenGreen is Beautiful (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
                                                            Another Blue Note killer coming! Grant Green killer 1970 super funky soul jazz LP from Liberty-era Blue Note Records. This is one of the best Blue Note...
                                                            • – Ain't It Funky Now
                                                            • – The Windjammer
                                                            • – Dracula
                                                            Bobby HutchersonSan Francisco (1971)Blue Note
                                                            100% STONE COLD CLASSIC BLUE NOTE LP!The musical partnership between vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and tenor saxophonist Harold Land fully blossomed on...
                                                            • – Goin' Down South
                                                            • – Prints Tie
                                                            • – Ummh
                                                            • – A Night In Barcelona
                                                            Bobbi HumphreyFancy Dancer (1975)Blue Note
                                                            Classic jazz funk album produced by the awesome Mizell Brothers which includes the ESSENTIAL track 'Uno Esta'!
                                                            • – Uno Esta
                                                            Donald ByrdLive Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux (1973)Blue Note
                                                            "I’ve been waiting over 30 years for this to come out officially" Gilles Peterson "Donald Byrd in a super rare 1973 public appearance of the Mizell...
                                                            • – Black Byrd (Live)
                                                            • – You've Got It Bad Girl (Live)
                                                            • – The East (Live)
                                                            • – Introductions (Live)
                                                            • – Kwame (Live)
                                                            • – Poco-Mania (Live)
                                                            Donald ByrdAt The Half Note Café, Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                                            In November 1960, trumpeter Donald Byrd brought his quintet in to the Half Note Café in New York City to record this soulful, swinging, and highly enjoyable...
                                                              • LP (180 gram) 3814586£35.00
                                                                Gatefold sleeve
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                                                              Bobby HutchersonStick-Up!Blue Note
                                                              Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s 1966 album Stick-Up! found him in the company of a new band line-up with Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Lewis, and...
                                                                • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3573216£36.00
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