Herbie Hancock - Feets Don't Fail Me Now (1979/2013) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Keyboardist Herbie Hancock dives into the disco fad that became ever popular by the end of the 1970s. This album differentiates itself from the rest of Hancock's more jazz based albums, incorporating disco beats and his famous Sennheiser vocoder.

Herbie Hancock's electric records up until this point were marked by intelligence and adventure, even at their most earthy. But no, this one doesn't have an ounce of either. Herbie falls hook, line and sinker for the disco fad and submerges his personality underneath the plastic vocals and four-on-the-floor disco beat. Hancock's own gauzy vocals through a Sennheiser vocoder are embarrassing, and even his synthesizer work sounds coarse and gimmicky. This time, even the purists were right; this is of no interest to jazz listeners and it isn't even good disco.

Tracklist:

01 - You Bet Your Love
02 - Trust Me
03 - Ready or Not
04 - Tell Everybody (Disco Version)
05 - Honey from the Jar
06 - Knee Deep
07 - Tell Everybody

Recorded in 1978 at The Automatt in San Francisco, California.

Musicains:
Herbie Hancock - lead and backing vocals, all keyboards
James Gadson - drums
Eddie Watkins - bass
Ray Obiedo - guitar
Bill Summers - percussion
Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters and Luther Waters - backing vocals
Ray Parker Jr. - guitar and drums on "Ready or Not"
Coke Escovedo - timbales on "Ready or Not"
Sheila Escovedo - congas on "Ready or Not"
James Levi - drums on "Knee Deep" and "Trust Me"
Freddie Washington - bass on "Knee Deep"
Wah Wah Watson - guitar on "Knee Deep"
Bennie Maupin - soprano saxophone on "Knee Deep"


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