Cantaloupe Island

Herbie Hancock | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 14, 1994)
• Original Release Date: June 14, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000005GXT
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,865 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #24 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Jazz Fusion
  • #55 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Modern Post Bop

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Genre: Jazz Music
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Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: Compact Disk

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Intro To Early Herbie, August 16, 2000

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MG Nagy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cantaloupe Island (Audio CD)

Hancock has so many distinct personalities, I know of few people who like all facets of his music/career. There's the hard electronic pop of Rocket. The "Headhunters" Fusion era. His stunning work with Miles Davis.

There are also the records he did on Blue Note. This is a compilation from some of those records, released to capitalize (ahem) on the success of Us3, who sampled from (among others) Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island." Other reviewers have gone on at some length about the particular tracks on this compilation, so I won't rehash all that here.

A hardcore fan would argue that you need all of the Blue Note discs. I'm not enough of a fan to comment on that level. However, I had all those discs, and this compilation is the disc that gets all the play.

If you are new to jazz, this is a great introduction to "traditional" jazz. In general, it swings, it jumps, it bops. For those of you with an incomplete take on Hancock's music, this disc would be a great way to dip into his Blue Note material.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good: but there are better buys, August 26, 2001

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Nichomachus - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cantaloupe Island (Audio CD)

A collection of Herbie's earliest, this is sort of a "Best Of" of his early solo career. Although an excellent collection, none of the originial albums are particularly expensive, and all have great music. "Maiden Voyage" in particular is such a dexterous and contemplative album that it seems wrong not to appreciate it in its entirety.

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a trick!, January 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Cantaloupe Island (Audio CD)

Don't get this album! It's a trick! This wasn't a real album put out by Herbie, it's just a collection of a lot of his good stuff (look at the original release date). The thing is though, every album that this music is from is also a must-have classic; e.g. "Takin' Off" and "Maiden Voyage." You'll be much happier if you go buy the real albums instead.