Fat Albert Rotunda [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Herbie Hancock / Michael Brecker / Roy Hargrove, Herbie Hancock

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 5, 2001)
• Original Release Date: December 8, 1969
• 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: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29,044 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

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

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable jazz soul album, February 27, 2004

By	James D. Hasitngs "dhastings11" (Berkeley, ca United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I love this album. It is funky and beautiful. Well arranged and expertly played. It may not be the purest jazz masterpiece, but it is perfect for what it is. It flows perfectly after Herbie's previous album, the Prisoner. I almost wish more people would try to rip this style off more often. When I first got the album I thought Fat Mama was the best song on it, but after listening, the driving but entirely laid back force of Tell Me A Bedtime Story is one of my favorite songs period. I wanted to buy a copy of this cd for everybody I knew for christmas but couldn't find a single copy in stores (aside from the complete Columbia recordings). Do yourself a favor and snatch it while you can. (Or just get the complete columbia recordings if you also like awesome space funk jazz)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars raw funky jazzy, July 16, 2003

By	TouchTheMoog (Australia) - See all my reviews

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.

3 of 3 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 (REAL NAME)

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.