Herbie Hancock – Empyrean Isles (King Records, Japan) Vinyl rip in 24 Bit/96 Khz + CD-format

Posted By : Kel bazar | Date : 05 Dec 2011 14:08:15 | Comments : 37 |

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My Point of View and Inventions and Dimensions found Herbie Hancock exploring the fringes of hard bop, working with a big band and a Latin-flavored percussion section, respectively. On Empyrean Isles, he returns to hard bop, but the results are anything but conventional. Working with cornetist Freddie Hubbard, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Tony Williams -- a trio just as young and adventurous as he was -- Hancock pushes at the borders of hard bop, finding a brilliantly evocative balance between traditional bop, soul-injected grooves, and experimental, post-modal jazz. Hancock's four original concepts are loosely based on the myths of the Empyrean Isles, and they are designed to push the limits of the band and of hard bop. Even "Cantaloupe Island," well-known for its funky piano riff, takes chances and doesn't just ride the groove. "The Egg," with its minimal melody and extended solo improvisations, is the riskiest number on the record, but it works because each musician spins inventive, challenging solos that defy convention. In comparison, "One Finger Snap" and "Oliloqui Valley" (alternate takes of both tracks are included as bonuses on the CD reissue) adhere to hard bop conventions, but each song finds the quartet vigorously searching for new sonic territory with convincing fire. That passion informs all of Empyrean Isles, a record that officially established Hancock as a major artist in his own right. --Allmusic

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Tracklist:

A1 One Finger Snap
A2 Oliloqui Valley
B1 Cantaloupe Island
B2 The Egg

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ; June 17, 1964.

Credits:

Bass – Ron Carter
Cornet – Freddie Hubbard
Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
Drums – Anthony Williams
Liner Notes – Nora Kelly
Photography By [Cover] – Francis Wolff
Piano – Herbie Hancock
Producer – Alfred Lion
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
Written-By – Herbie Hancock

Thanks to Knut Vale & Randall Trowbridge for their contribution on this project.

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Posted By: Mr. Greats Date: 05 Dec 2011 14:54:02

I wanted to hear Cantaloupe Island with Freddie Hubbard, the best version of this song.
But because of the hosts I have to pas this.
Thank you any way.

Posted By: Kel bazar Date: 05 Dec 2011 14:57:09

@Mr. Greats

What's the prob. with the hosts?

Posted By: aksman Date: 05 Dec 2011 14:57:35

Outstanding share! Thx a lot Kel!

Posted By: KnutJ Date: 05 Dec 2011 15:06:31

Good post
Thanks for sharing

Posted By: needledrop Date: 05 Dec 2011 15:15:04

O:

Thanks so much for the continued jazz rips. You are my go to guy for jazz and modern rock needledrops. Everyone else 'drops classic rock and prog rock rips--you have certainly carved your own path.

Peace out and happy holidays,
Greg

PS: how do you say "happy holidays" in French? :)

Posted By: Mr. Greats Date: 05 Dec 2011 15:17:02

Dear Kel bazar what´s prob not with this hosts?
Speed 50 kbps and less, intimidatie by filesonic "you are downloading allready", need all day to download few files, broken downloads etc.
No problem I can wait for better chance.

Posted By: Kel bazar Date: 05 Dec 2011 15:19:24

@needledrop

We say "Bonne vacances", but not for me, it's time for me to start my winter season on the ski station where I work as a doc...

Thanks anyway...

Posted By: Lusitano Date: 05 Dec 2011 15:36:30

Merci beaucoup Kel Bazar ... bonne "saison haute" à toi alors

oh ... et merci aussi à Knut Vale & Randall Trowbridge

Posted By: haddemall Date: 05 Dec 2011 15:40:48

Herbie's finest. Merci M. Docteur. I envy you Les Alpes.

Posted By: KnutJ Date: 05 Dec 2011 15:48:20

Good work Kel.

You cant satisfy the whole world on your own. Some will always find something to complain about.

Posted By: Zero Wolf Date: 05 Dec 2011 16:19:27

Yet another title off my wishlist. Cheers Kel!

Posted By: oXbow Date: 05 Dec 2011 17:21:04

Tony Williams is one of my favorite, so I'll give it a spin. Thank you

Posted By: mertin Date: 05 Dec 2011 18:37:48

Holy sh*t.

Man... first wayne shorter's juju and now this...

All I can say is THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Posted By: tonki Date: 05 Dec 2011 18:53:08

Merci un million de fois, Kel ! Je connais pas cet album d'HH, je suis d'autant plus content.
Je pense que needledrop faisait référence à la période des fêtes de fin d'année. Une traduction de "happy holidays" serait alors plutôt "bonnes fêtes". C'est rien à côté des messages surréalistes (mais tout de même sympas) de ceux qui s'essayent au français.
Euh... au fait... BONNES FÊTES, t'es un peu notre père Noël !

Posted By: ManWhoCan Date: 05 Dec 2011 18:54:20

Mr Greats has a very valid point about vile sonic it is despicable.
I will wait until after 1:30 am local time as then sometime vilesonic will work reasonably.
Thanks for the quality rip.

Posted By: fredists Date: 05 Dec 2011 20:14:24

Oh merci! Génial album en effet!
@ all complaining about filehost : I hope everyone before complaining has tested leecher sites. Personally when I really want an album (like here) I don't care much about how it has been shared! It has been ripped shared what do you want more? Personalized USB key with the rip? Excuse me but I'm tired of people complaining about filehost, this is just so reliable! many many ways of downloading it, not just click on the download button after the 30sec and the captcha...

Posted By: xcmbcx Date: 05 Dec 2011 20:40:13

Huge thank you, Kel!!!!

Posted By: dummyme Date: 06 Dec 2011 00:09:52

Thanks Kel...excellent Share!

Heah all you d'bags complaining, buy a freaking premium account already and quit bitching!

Posted By: ManWhoCan Date: 06 Dec 2011 01:09:13

hey dummyme douchb@g
can't you read already!

Hey fredist and all you others complaining about me complaining about sh!t from vile sonic.
I have every right to complain about a service I pay for (as in premium account dummy) and don't get!

I have no complaint about the rippers here, but I can't stand you tossers who mouth off without knowing the facts.

I must have 50 comments on these Hi res pages bemoaning my cr@p service from vilesonic over the past year. It is a well documented record that I have premium accounts with several hosts inc vile sonic and all are reasonable, except RS which is superb, and vile sonic which is totally sh1t.
10KB/s on a premium account, how does that grab you as something to complain about?
5 mins to download from RS abut 900MB and on the same evening 2 hours to get 300Mb from vilesonic!
vile drops parts truncates parts screws up in all manners imaginable and lies about it being able to resume downloads.

I have plenty to complain about and I do it here so my friends here can benefit from the knowledge of my experience, and possibly the mods here might eventually take notice and get out of bed with vilesonic.

Anyone who thinks me complaining about vilesonic has anything to do with the Avax rippers/posters is demented!

I have full admiration and respect for all posters and non for freeloading tossers who comment about things they know nothing about.

Posted By: adolfwolf Date: 06 Dec 2011 02:23:33

always appreciate more hancock and williams. thank you!

Posted By: TehWanker Date: 06 Dec 2011 02:35:53

I'll echo the previous comment to say thanks a lot for your continued excellent jazz and modern rock rips in high res. I had been downloading the Filesonic files as a free user and recently upgraded to a premium account (1 month only so far) under your link. While it can be spotty at times for me, it's usually fast and reliable. I hope that helps and that you will continue to take your time to rip and share these greats with us, as it is much appreciated. Thanks again, Kel bazar!

Posted By: fredists Date: 06 Dec 2011 03:08:03

manwhocan : I know I had some premium accounts too and the only one I really liked was the RS one. From what I understood, everyone has his own experiance with the filehost premium accounts so you can't just show us what's the worst even if you experienced it, so there's no need of adding your bad experiences on each of your comments. I don't really care about that much tho,

thanks again kel bazar & Knut Vale & Randall Trowbridge for this mindblowing album :) Killer pressing

Posted By: JoJoPurdie Date: 06 Dec 2011 03:24:46

Sounds great Kel, thank you!

Posted By: valanion Date: 06 Dec 2011 06:15:16

Hey guys it is amazing depending in which part of the world you live in and what time of day you live in what sort of download speeds you get. here in NZ I don't have any premium accounts and I can still download about 150 to 200 GB a month using free accounts so go think I think.
I wish all the best and to you Kel all the best for the ski season I will personally be Barbecuing for the summer and swimming in the sea.

Thanks for all you post Kel and look forward to all you post in the future

Posted By: Ghost of Hedonism Date: 06 Dec 2011 11:13:36

Thanks Kel, beautiful post.

@ManWhoCan: Yes you have the right to complain about the service you obviously don't get. But I also get bugged by your trolling about that in almost every post here and elsewhere. You can be sure ... we all know the facts now, that you have your problems with this service. But here is definitely not the right place for such complaints, you better try to find out whats wrong with your individual connection. The issue has obviously nothing to do with the rippers, it's your own individual problem. So please shut up about that issue here and lets talk about the music.

Posted By: kobaha Date: 06 Dec 2011 13:34:17

thanks a lot.

Posted By: KnutJ Date: 06 Dec 2011 15:03:01

Ghost of Hedonism

Agreed

Posted By: Lusitano Date: 06 Dec 2011 17:23:39

+ 1

i'm premium at filesonic too, and I sometimes also have very very very bad downloading speeds ... don't care, I use the multiple hosts provided by the rippers/posters.
I think filesonic is victim of his success, sometimes their servers are very busy i think. But most of the time, I've got good DL speeds
okay I shut up my mouth, not the place to talk 'bout it, I'm out
very nice sounding rip by the way

Posted By: Dreasy Date: 06 Dec 2011 18:03:26

Thanks for this, Kel. Have a good work on the mountains

Posted By: ManWhoCan Date: 06 Dec 2011 18:31:41

I surrender!
I will never mention VS ever again.
I did not realise how annoying some people found it.
I apologise to those who were upset at my complaints about the unmentionable.

Isn't this place great for great Hi Res music?
We are so lucky to have Avax home.

Posted By: Kel bazar Date: 06 Dec 2011 19:01:13

@ManWhoCan

We accept yours apology. ;-)

Posted By: ManWhoCan Date: 06 Dec 2011 19:16:27

@ Kel bazar
Merci

Posted By: janslyn Date: 07 Dec 2011 07:09:17

Hey
Filesonic (premium) works fine, with great speed in Denmark...

Posted By: bathingap3 Date: 07 Dec 2011 08:50:39

Many thanks!!!

Posted By: dummyme Date: 07 Dec 2011 17:57:00

@ManWhoCan

d'bag comment now retracted...rock on!

Posted By: lplover Date: 07 Dec 2011 18:16:40

Many thanks,Kel bazar, for this wonderful rip of a great album. 1class pressing.
One more thanks to Knut Vale & Randall Trowbridge
lplover

Posted By: HD-800 Date: 08 Dec 2011 05:00:48

Thanks for the post -- I'm looking forward to hearing this.

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