Sunlight (Herbie Hancock album) explained
Sunlight is an album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock.[1] It features Hancock's vocals through a Sennheiser VSM-201 vocoder, as well as performances by drummer Tony Williams and bassist Jaco Pastorius on “Good Question”.
Critical reception
The Globe and Mail wrote that Hancock "has returned to directionless electronic funk, saved only by a medium-tempo jazz number, 'Come Running to Me'."[2]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Herbie Hancock, except where indicated.
Side one
- "I Thought It Was You" (Hancock, Melvin Ragin, Jeffrey Cohen) – 8:56
- "Come Running to Me" (lyrics: Allee Willis) – 8:25
Side two
- "Sunlight" – 7:12
- "No Means Yes" – 6:21
- "Good Question" – 8:32
Personnel
Musicians
- Herbie Hancock – keyboards, synthesizers, lead and background vocals (through vocoder) (1–3), string, brass and woodwind arrangements
- Patrick Gleeson – additional synthesizers (5)
- Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone solo (3)
- Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker Jr. – guitar (1, 3)
- Byron Miller (1), Paul Jackson (2–4), Jaco Pastorius (5) – electric bass
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (1), James Levi (2, 3), Harvey Mason, Sr. (4), Tony Williams (5) – drums
- Raul Rekow (exc. 3), Bill Summers (exc. 1) – percussion
- Baba Duru – tabla (2)
- Bobby Shew, Maurice Spears, Robert O'Bryant, Garnett Brown – brass (exc. 4)
- Ernest J. Watts, Fred Jackson, Jr., Jack Nimitz, David Willard Riddles – woodwind (2, 5)
- Terry Adams, Roy Malan, Nathan Rubin, Linda Wood, Emily VanValkenburgh – strings (2)
Production
- Herbie Hancock and David Rubinson – producers
- David Rubinson, Fred Catero (with Chris Minto and Cheryl Ward) – engineers at The Automatt
- Steve Mantoani – engineer at Different Fur Trading Co.
- Terry Becker – assistant engineer (brass)
- Phill Brown – mastering
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Tompkins . David . How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop: The Machine Speaks . 2011 . Melville House . 241.
- News: McGrath . Paul . Herbie Hancock . The Globe and Mail . 12 July 1978 . F2.
