Herbie Hancock – Feets Don’t Fail Me Now (1979/2013) [HDTracks 24bit/96kHz]

Herbie Hancock – Feets Don’t Fail Me Now (1979/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96kHz | Time – 47:47 minutes | 1,0 GB | Genre: Jazz, Funk
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | © Columbia Records
Recorded: 1978 at The Automatt in San Francisco, California

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. -Richard S. Ginell

Tracklist:
1 You Bet Your Love 7:39
2 Trust Me 5:43
3 Ready or Not 6:45
4 Tell Everybody (Disco Version) 7:48
5 Honey from the Jar 6:52
6 Knee Deep 5:43
7 Tell Everybody 7:11

Personnel:
Herbie Hancock – Lead Vocals, Keyboard
James Gadson – Drums
Eddie Watkins – Bass
Ray Obiedo – Guitar
Bill Summers – Percussion
Julia Tillman Waters – Background Vocals
Maxine Willard Waters – Background Vocals
Oren Waters – Background Vocals
Luther Waters – Background Vocals
Ray Parker, Jr. – Guitar, Drums
Coke Escovedo – Timbales
Sheila Escovedo – Congas
James Levi – Drums
Freddie Washington – Bass
Wah Wah Watson – Guitar
Bennie Maupin – Soprano Saxophone