COLUMBIA 4-CD Lucite Cube C4K-90928: The Herbie Hancock Box - 2002 USA NM

Description: ****Welcome to our listing, thanks very much for looking!****Shipping cost is only an estimate - it depends on the actual weight and size of the package as well as the service required. We do not profit from shipping costs, so if we overcharge, we will refund the difference back to you. We will combine shipping for multiple items purchased.Background - Herbie Hancock will always be one of the most revered and controversial figures in jazz -- just as his employer/mentor Miles Davis was when he was alive. Unlike Miles, who pressed ahead relentlessly and never looked back until near the very end, Hancock has cut a zigzagging forward path, shuttling between almost every development in electronic and acoustic jazz and R&B over the last third of the 20th century and into the 21st. Though grounded in Bill Evans and able to absorb blues, funk, gospel, and even modern classical influences, Hancock's piano and keyboard voices are entirely his own, with their own urbane harmonic and complex, earthy rhythmic signatures -- and young pianists cop his licks constantly. Having studied engineering and professing to love gadgets and buttons, Hancock was perfectly suited for the electronic age; he was one of the earliest champions of the Rhodes electric piano and Hohner clavinet, and would field an ever-growing collection of synthesizers and computers on his electric dates. Yet his love for the grand piano never waned, and despite his peripatetic activities all over the musical map, his piano style continued to evolve into tougher, ever more complex forms. He is as much at home trading riffs with a smoking funk band as he is communing with a world-class post-bop rhythm section -- and that drives purists on both sides of the fence up the wall. Having taken up the piano at age seven, Hancock quickly became known as a prodigy, soloing in the first movement of a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony at the age of 11. After studies at Grinnell College, Hancock was invited by Donald Byrd in 1961 to join his group in New York City, and before long, Blue Note offered him a solo contract. His debut album, Takin' Off, took off after Mongo Santamaria covered one of the album's songs, "Watermelon Man." In May 1963, Miles Davis asked him to join his band in time for the Seven Steps to Heaven sessions, and he remained with him for five years, greatly influencing Miles' evolving direction, loosening up his own style, and, upon Davis' suggestion, converting to the Rhodes electric piano. During that time, Hancock's solo career blossomed on Blue Note, as he poured forth increasingly sophisticated compositions like "Maiden Voyage," "Cantaloupe Island," "Goodbye to Childhood," and the exquisite "Speak Like a Child." He also played on many East Coast recording sessions for producer Creed Taylor and provided a groundbreaking score to Michelangelo Antonioni's film Blow Up, which gradually led to further movie assignments. Having left the Davis band in 1968, Hancock recorded an elegant funk album, Fat Albert Rotunda, and in 1969 formed a sextet that evolved into one of the most exciting, forward-looking jazz-rock groups of the era. By then deeply immersed in electronics, Hancock added Patrick Gleeson's synthesizer to his Echoplexed, fuzz-wah-pedaled electric piano and clavinet, and the recordings became spacier and more complex rhythmically and structurally, creating their own corner of the avant-garde. By 1970, all of the musicians used both English and African names (Herbie's was Mwandishi). Alas, Hancock had to break up the band in 1973 when it ran out of money, and having studied Buddhism, he concluded that his ultimate goal should be to make his audiences happy. The next step, then, was a terrific funk group whose first album, Head Hunters, with its Sly Stone-influenced hit single, "Chameleon," became the biggest selling jazz LP up to that time. Handling all of the synthesizers himself, Hancock's heavily rhythmic comping often became part of the rhythm section, leavened by interludes of the old urbane harmonies. Hancock recorded several electric albums of mostly superior quality in the '70s, followed by a turn into disco around the decade's end. In the meantime, Hancock refused to abandon acoustic jazz. After a one-shot reunion of the 1965 Miles Davis Quintet (Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, and Freddie Hubbard sitting in for Miles) at New York's 1976 Newport Jazz Festival, they went on tour the following year as V.S.O.P. The near-universal acclaim of the reunions proved that Hancock was still a whale of a pianist; that Miles' loose mid-'60s post-bop direction was far from spent; and that the time for a neo-traditional revival was near, finally bearing fruit in the '80s with Wynton Marsalis and his ilk. V.S.O.P. continued to hold sporadic reunions through 1992, though the death of the indispensable Williams in 1997 cast much doubt as to whether these gatherings would continue. Hancock continued his chameleonic ways in the '80s: scoring an MTV hit in 1983 with the scratch-driven, electro-influenced single "Rockit" (accompanied by a striking video); launching an exciting partnership with Gambian kora virtuoso Foday Musa Suso that culminated in the swinging 1986 live album Jazz Africa; doing film scores; and playing festivals and tours with the Marsalis brothers, George Benson, Michael Brecker, and many others. After his 1988 techno-pop album, Perfect Machine, Hancock left Columbia (his label since 1973), signed a contract with Qwest that came to virtually nothing (save for A Tribute to Miles in 1992), and finally made a deal with Polygram in 1994 to record jazz for Verve and release pop albums on Mercury. Well into a youthful middle age, Hancock's curiosity, versatility, and capacity for growth showed no signs of fading, and in 1998 he issued Gershwin's World. His curiosity with the fusion of electronic music and jazz continued with 2001's Future 2 Future, but he also continued to explore the future of straight-ahead contemporary jazz with 2005's Possibilities. An intriguing album of jazz treatments of Joni Mitchell compositions called River: The Joni Letters was released in 2007 and won a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2008. Two years later, Hancock released his The Imagine Project album, recorded in seven countries with a host of collaborators including Dave Matthews, Juanes, and Wayne Shorter. He was also named Creative Chair for the New Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 2013, he was the recipient of a Kennedy Center Honors award, acknowledged for his contribution to American performing arts. An expanded tenth anniversary edition of River: The Joni Letters was released in 2017, and he continued to perform regularly. - Richard S. Ginell This listing is for a very rare, out of print LUCITE CUBE / Boxed Set of 4-CDs - a USED / OPENED, in Near MINT minus condition box set, PRESSED and ISSUED by COLUMBIA Records of a highly collectible title from their catalog featuring - Herbie Hancock 4-CD Lucite Box Set title - The Herbie Hancock BoxTrack Listing -1-01 Introduction To Maiden Voyage - 4:33 1-02 Maiden Voyage - 13:19 1-03 Para Oriente (Live) - Performer – The V.S.O.P. Quintet - 7:15 1-04 Harvest Time - 4:48 1-05 The Sorcerer - 7:17 1-06 Diana (Live) - Performer – The V.S.O.P. Quintet - 4:32 1-07 Finger Painting - Performer – The V.S.O.P. Quintet - 6:42 1-08 Round Midnight - Vocals – Bobby McFerrin - 5:36 1-09 The Eye Of The Hurricane - 18:32 2-01 Domo (Live) - Performer – The V.S.O.P. Quintet - 12:23 2-02 Dolphin Dance - 10:16 2-03 Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away) (Live) - Piano – Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock - 8:51 2-04 Eighty-One (Live) - Performer – The V.S.O.P. Quintet - 13:01 2-05 Milestones - 6:37 2-06 Stella By Starlight / On Green Dolphin Street (Live) - Performer – The V.S.O.P. Quintet - 7:04 2-07 Red Clay (Live) - 10:55 3-01 Rain Dance - 9:16 3-02 Watermelon Man - 6:29 3-03 Butterfly - 11:17 3-04 Death Wish - 6:10 3-05 Actual Proof (Live) - 8:28 3-06 Sun Touch - 5:08 3-07 4 A.M. - 5:22 3-08 Come Running To Me - 8:24 3-09 People Music - 7:08 4-01 Chameleon - 15:41 4-02 Stars In Your Eyes - 7:05 4-03 Rockit - 5:24 4-04 Calypso - 6:43 4-05 Satisfied With Love - 6:30 4-06 Karabali - 5:14 4-07 Spider - 7:21 4-08 Nobu (Live) - 7:23 4-09 Maiden Voyage / P-Bop - 6:33Other Information - • Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc. • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc. • Manufactured By – Columbia Records • Compilation Producer – Bob Belden, David Rubinson • Directed By – Seth Rothstein • Remastered By – Mark Wilder, Seth Foster "This package contains previously released material" (although several of the tracks contained in this compilation were previously only available on Japanese releases). Comes with 60-page booklet. From the liner booklet: Tracks 1-1, 1-2 from VSOP (CK 34688). Track 1-3 from VSOP - Live Under the Sky (CBS/Sony 40DP 5610). Track 1-4 from The Piano (CRCS 7052). Track 1-5 from Quartet (38275). Track 1-6 from VSOP - Tempest In the Colossuem (no catalog number provided). Track 1-7 from VSOP - Five Stars (Sony 40DP 5611). Track 1-8 from 'Round Midnight (40464). Track 1-9 from VSOP (CK 34688). Track 2-1 from VSOP - Live Under the Sky (CBS/Sony 40DP 5610). Track 2-2 from Herbie Hancock With Ron Carter And Terry Williams (SRCS 7053). Track 2-3 from An Evening With Chick Corea And Herbie Hancock (no catalog number provided). Track 2-4 from VSOP - Tempest In the Colossuem (no catalog number provided). Track 2-5 from The Herbie Hancock Trio (SRCS 7051). Track 2-6 from VSOP - Live Under the Sky (CBS/Sony 40DP 5610). Track 2-7 previously unissued. Track 3-1 from Sextant (32212). Track 3-2 from Head Hunters (32731). Track 3-3 from Thrust (32965). Track 3-4 from Death Wish (33199). Track 3-5 from Flood (SRCS 7049). Track 3-6 from Manchild (33812). Track 3-7 from Mr. Hands (36578). Track 3-8 from Sunlight (34907). Track 3-9 from Secrets (34280). Track 4-1 from Head Hunters (32731). Track 4-2 from Monster (36415). Track 4-3 from Future Shock (65962). Track 4-4 from Mr. Hands (36578). Track 4-5 from Magic Windows (SRCS 7170). Track 4-6 from Sound-System (39478). Track 4-7 from Secrets (34280). Track 4-8 from Dedication (CBS/Sony SRCS 7167). Track 4-9 from Perfect Machine (40025). • Barcode: 074646497821The Boxed Set is from the rare COLUMBIA Records series of CDs. Catalog # C4K 90928 (UPC = 074646497821)CDs issued in 2002 - comes in a LUCITE CUBE CDs made in the USAThe CDs, OUTER BOX and INSERTS are all in Near MINT minus overall condition - the lucite cube shows only some very mild shelf wear and the CDs have NO marks on the reflective side of the discs - top notch collectors grade condition. This CD is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).Do not let this rarity slip by!

Price: 99.99 CAD

Location: Woodbridge, Ontario

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Artist: Herbie Hancock

CD Grading: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Record Label: Legacy

Release Title: The Herbie Hancock Box [Box]

Case Type: Lucite Outer Box

Custom Bundle: No

Color: Silver

Case Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

MPN: COLUMBIA 4-CD Lucite Cube C4K-90928

Inlay Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Catalog Number: C4K-90928

Modified Item: No

Edition: Box Set (4-CDs), Collector's Edition, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition

Type: Box Set (4-CDs in LUCITE CUBE)

Format: CD (4-CD Lucite Box Set)

Producer: Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, David Rubinson, Bob Belden (Compilation), David Rubinson (Compilation)

Release Year: 2002

Era: 2000s

Style: FUNK international GmbH

Features: Collector's Edition, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Special Edition, Issued 2002, Made in the USA, 4-CDs - Lucite Cube, Compilation, Import

Genre: R&B & Soul, Funk

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States