Herbie Hancock born in Chicago on April 12 1940 is one of the most successful jazz musicians of all time. His debut album "Takin' Off" (1961) opened with the hit "WatermelonMan" and paid off twofold because he also retained the publishing rights. Starting in 1963 Hancock became a member of the new Miles Davis Quintet which with Wayne Shorter Ron Carter and Tony Williams became one of the eponymous groups of Modern Jazz. Hancock had already gained his first jazz experience in his hometown Chicago - after a Wunderkind phase as a classical pianist - with such greats as Donald Byrd and Coleman Hawkins. Influenced by the harmonic theories of local pianist Chris Anderson and Bill Evans Hancock developed his own style combining funky hard bop piano ‡ la Horace Silver with a more open harmonic approach. Based on his recordings with Donald Byrd one can trace this rapid development. In addition to Hancock's first recordings we have also selected recordings of his most important musician friends from his early days for this box-set: Freddie Hubbard Wayne Shorter Ron Carter Dexter Gordon George Coleman Grant Green Sonny Rollins Jackie McLean Hank Mobley and Lee Morgan and as a comparison to the later Miles Davis Quintet Davis' last recordings before Hancock joined the group. ＜収録内容＞ [Disc 1] ■ Donald Byrd with Pepper Adams Quintet - Out of this World 1. Out of this World (Harold Arlen Johnny Mercer) 9.40 2. Curro's (Donald Byrd) 11.52 3. It's a Beautiful Evening (Ray Rasch Dotty Wayne) 5.22 4. Mr. Lucky Theme (Henry Mancini) 8.10 5. Bird House (Donald Byrd) 10.52 6. Day Dreams (Duke Ellington John Latouche Billy Strayhorn) 5.10 [Disc 2] ■ Herbie Hancock - Takin Off 1. Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock) 7.14 2. Three Bags Full (H. Hancock) 5.31 3. Empty Pockets (H. Hancock) 6.12 4. The Maze (H. Hancock) 6.50 5. Driftin' (H. Hancock) 7.01 6. Alone and I (H. Hancock) 6.30 ■ Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones 7. You're My Everything (Harry Warren Joe Young Mort Dixon) 6.34 8. Prophet Jennings (Freddie Hubbard) 5.28 9. Hub-Tones (F. Hubbard) 8.21 10. Lament for Booker (F. Hubbard) 9.38 11. For Spee's Sake (F. Hubbard) 8.35 [Disc 3] ■ Donald Byrd - Royal Flush 1. Hush (Donald Byrd) 6.22 2. I'm a Fool to Want You (Frank Sinatra Jack Wolf Joel Herron) 6.14 3. Jorgie's (Donald Byrd) 8.05 4. Shangri-La (Donald Byrd) 6.34 5. 6 M's (Donald Byrd) 6.30 6. Requiem (Herbie Hancock) 7.04 ■ Donald Byrd - Free Form 7. Pentecostal Feeling (Donald Byrd) 6.43 8. Night Flower (Herbie Hancock) 6.46 9. Nai Nai (Donald Byrd) 6.36 10. French Spice (Donald Byrd) 8.02 11. Free Form (Donald Byrd) 11.00 [Disc 4] ■ Al Grey - Snap your Fingers 1. Nothing But the Truth (Billy Bowen) 3.20 2. Three-Fourth Blues (Gene Kee) 5.23 3. Just Waiting" (Melba Liston) 2.57 4. R. B. Q. (Kee) 4.58 5. Green Dolphin Street (Bronislaw Kaper Ned Washington) 4.19 6. Minor on Top (Thad Jones) 6.50 7. African Lady (Randy Weston) 4.30 8. Hi-Fly (R. Weston) 9.23 ■ George Coleman w. Max Roach -Deeds Not Words 9. You Stepped out of a Dream (Nacio Herb Brown Gus Kahn) 7.48 10. Filid (Ray Draper) 7.08 11. It's You or No One (Sammy Cahn Jule Styne) 4.15 12. Jodie's Cha-Cha (Bill Lee) 4.58 13. Deeds Not Words (Lee) 4.36 14. Larry-Larue (Booker Little) 5.13 15. Conversation (Max Roach) 3.51 [Disc 5] ■ Grant Green - Sunday Mornin 1. Freedom March (Grant Green) 8.45 2. Sunday Mornin' (Green) 4.03 3. Exodus (Ernest Gold) 7.04 4. God Bless the Child (Arthur Herzog Jr. Billie Holiday) 7.24 5. Come Sunrise (Green) 4.34 6. So What (Miles Davis) 9.45 ■ Jimmy Heath - The Quota 7. The Quota (Jimmy Heath) 5.07 8. Lowland Lullaby (Jimmy Heath) 4.38 9. Thinking of You (Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar) 5.07 10. Bells and Horns (Milt Jackson) 4.53 11. Down Shift (Jimmy Heath) 5.46 12. When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher Jack Segal) 6.29 13. Funny Time (Jimmy Heath) 6.23 [Disc 6] ■ Miles Davis - Someday my Prince will come 1. Someday My Prince Will Come (Frank E. Churchill Larry Morey) 9.11 2. Old Folks (Dedette Lee Hill Willard Robison) 5.20 3. Pfrancing (Miles Davis) 8.38 4. Drad-Dog (Miles Davis) 4.34 5. Teo (Miles Davis) 9.41 6. I Thought About You (Jimmy Van Heusen Johnny Mercer) 4.57 ■ Lee Morgan - Candy 7. Candy (Alex J. Kramer Joan Whitney Mack David) 7.06 8. Since I Fell for You (Buddy Johnson) 5.39 9. C.T.A. (Jimmy Heath) 5.07 10. All the Way (Sam Cahn Jimmy Van Heusen) 7.27 11. Who Do You Love I Hope (Irving Berlin) 5.02 12. Personality (Johnny Burke Jimmy Van Heusen) 6.16 [Disc 7] ■ Dexter Gordon - Doin Allright 1. I Was Doing All Right (George and Ira Gershwin) 9.24 2. You've Changed (Bill Carey Carl T. Fisher) 7.30 3. For Regulars Only (Dexter Gordon) 5.48 4. Society Red (D. Gordon) 12.25 5. It's You or No One (Jule Styne Sammy Cahn) 6.18 ■ Sonny Rollins - The Sound of Sonny 6. The Last Time I Saw Paris (Oscar Hammerstein II Jerome Kern) 2.59 7. Just in Time (Betty Comden Adolph Green Jule Styne) 3.59 8. Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye 4.24 (Ernie Erdman Ted Fio Rito Gus Kahn Robert A. King) 9. What Is There to Say? (Vernon Duke E.Y. "Yip"Harburg) 4.55 10. Dearly Beloved (Jerome Kern Johnny Mercer) 3.05 11. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter) 3.24 12. Cutie (Sonny Rollins Neal Hefti Stanley Styne) 5.54 13. It Could Happen to You (Johnny Burke Jimmy Van Heusen) 3.47 14. Mangoes (Dale Libby Sid Wayne) 5.34 [Disc 8] ■ Wayne Shorter - Wayning Moments 1. Black Orpheus (Louis Bonf Antonio Jobim) 4.35 2. Devil's Island (Wayne Shorter) 3.57 3. Moon of Manakoora (Frank Loesser Alfred Newman) 3.45 4. Dead End (Wayne Shorter) 4.36 5. Wayning Moments (Eddie Higgins) 4.23 6. Powder Keg (Wayne Shorter) 3.14 7. All or Nothing at All (Artzhur Altman Jack Lawrence) 2.58 8. Callaway Went That-a-Way (Wayne Shorter) 4.53 ■ Jackie McLean - A long Drink of the Blues 9. A Long Drink of the Blues [Take 1] false start 2.21 10. A Long Drink of the Blues (Jackie McLean) [Take 2] 20.49 11. Embraceable You (George Gershwin Ira Gershwin) 7.08 12. I Cover the Waterfront (Edward Heyman Johnny Green) 6.28 13. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) 8.21 [Disc 9] ■ Hank Mobley - Roll Call 1. Roll Call (Hank Mobley) 10.33 2. My Groove Your Move (Hank Mobley) 6.08 3. Take Your Pick (Hank Mobley) 5.28 4. A Baptist Beat (Hank Mobley) 8.55 5. The More I See You (Harry Warren Mack Gordon) 6.48 6. The Breakdown (Hank Mobley) 4.56 ■ Ron Carter w. Eric Dolphy - Out There 7. Out There (Eric Dolphy) 6.54 8. Serene (Dolphy) 6.39 9. The Baron (Dolphy) 2.57 10. Eclipse (Charles Mingus) 2.45 11. 17 West (Dolphy) 4.48 12. Sketch of Melba (Randy Weston) 4.39 13. Feathers (Hale Smith) 5.01 [Disc 10] ■ Kenny Dorham - Jackie McLean - Inta Something 1. Us (Kenny Dorham) 7.13 2. It Could Happen to You (Johnny Burke Jimmy Van Heusen) 5.59 3. Let's Face the Music and Dance (Irving Berlin) 6.08 4. No Two People (Frank Loesser) 6.59 5. Lover Man (Jimmy Davis Ram Ramirez James Sherman) 5.00 6. San Francisco Beat (Kenny Dorham) 7.16 ■ Pepper Adams Quintet - 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot 7. 'Tis (Theme) (Thad Jones) 5.49 8. You're My Thrill (Jay Gorney Sidney Clare) 5.08 9. The Long Two / Four (Donald Byrd) 10.40 10. Hastings Street Bounce (Pepper Adams) 11.36 11. Yourna (Donald Byrd) 6.43