Fat Albert Rotunda [Import, Original recording remastered]

Herbie Hancock, Herbie Hancock / Michael Brecker / Roy Hargrove | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 5, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Warner Bros UK
• ASIN: B000056P01
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,458 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #23 in Music > R&B > Funk > Jazz Funk
  • #31 in Music > Imports > Jazz
  • #46 in Music > Imports > R&B

Track Listings

1. Wiggle - Waggle

2. Fat Mama

3. Tell Me A Bedtime Story

4. Oh Oh Here He Comes

5. Jessica

6. Fat Albert Rotunda

7. Lil Brother

Editorial Reviews

2001 reissue of 1969 album, remastered from the original analogue tapes and packaged in a digipak. Currently out-of-print in the U.S. 7 tracks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY,VERY FUNKY!!!!, October 18, 2004

By 

Andre' S Grindle "Funk Meister" (Bangor,ME.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fat Albert Rotunda (Audio CD)

Counting about 99.8 % of the music on this album 'Fat Albert Rotunda' is Herbie Hancock's first dive into the world
of funk-jazz,a just blooming genre in 1969 when this was recorded and a style he wouldn't return to for another five years or so.As for the jazz side of his personality only "Tell Me A Bedtime Story",with it's gentle theatrics,works in this
arena.Otherwise this album is pretty much instrumental funk,upbeat and well made but probably not quite as thrilling and
DEFINATELY not as innovative as later such efforts as 'Thrust',
"Man-Child','Secrets' and of course 'Headhunters'.But once fans of Herbie's funkier style have purchased those recordings (whitch
are essencial) this album is the next logical step to walk in.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars raw funky jazzy, July 15, 2003

By 

TouchTheMoog (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fat Albert Rotunda (Audio CD)

This album contains some of the most lighthearted and yet still street serious grooves I've ever heard. It's loose and by no means perfect, but still one of the greatest albums - almost for those attributes. As well as having awesome grooves like the opening track, fat mama, and the title track; it also contains a classic and very beautiful jazz composition by Herbie, Tell Me A Bedtime Story. This is a beautiful piece of jazz groove history and still great to listen to today. If you don't have it, buy it. It will do you no harm except to possibly make your feet move all by themselves and your mind to be soothed by the touch of a master.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars get movin' get groovin', July 6, 2006

By 

Perry W. Clark (New Hampshire USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fat Albert Rotunda (Audio CD)

Hancock takes the cake with this just about unheard of CD. This is a killer collection of "feel good use the dashboard or kitchen table as a percussion instrument" instrumentals. I could write a thank you letter to Herbie for getting me through numerous late night shifts at work with this CD...but I will just say that this is an audible "great day". If you're having a bad morning, drop this CD in and you'll feel better by the time track one kicks in. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to all audiences. Herbie Hancock for president.