Dedication (Herbie Hancock album) explained

Dedication
Type:live
Artist:Herbie Hancock
Cover:Dedication (Herbie Hancock album).jpg
Released:September 21, 1974
Recorded:July 29, 1974
Venue:Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan concert hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Genre:Jazz, jazz fusion
Length:40:38
Label:CBS/Sony
Producer:David Rubinson
Prev Title:Head Hunters
Prev Year:1973
Next Title:Thrust
Next Year:1974

Dedication is the thirteenth album by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. It was recorded in Japan by Hancock alone in 1974 during a Japanese tour.

Background

Hancock performs "Maiden Voyage" and "Dolphin Dance" on piano, while "Nobu" and "Cantaloupe Island" were performed on electric keyboards and synthesizers.

First released on LP by the Japanese CBS/Sony on September 21, 1974, it was not released on CD outside Japan until 2013, first as part of the 34 disc box set The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972–1988. It was given an individual reissue in 2014 by Wounded Bird Records.

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Hancock.

Personnel