Fat Albert Rotunda by Herbie Hancock

"Fat Albert Rotunda" is the eighth album by jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock, released in 1969. It also was the first album that Hancock had on the Warner Bros. Records label, since leaving Blue Note Records. The music was originally done for the TV special Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert, which later inspired Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids TV show. Fat Albert Rotunda, along with "Mwandishi" and "Crossings" was reissued in one set as "Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings" in 1994. About the Album: On this album Hancock changes his style radically and takes instrumental soul music rather than jazz as the basis of his compositions. Many songs also hint at his forthcoming jazz-funk style that he fully approached a few years later. A perfect example of classic songs, such as "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" (which later turned up also on the 1978 Quincy Jones album, "Sounds...and Stuff Like That" in a more funk-esque type song) and "Jessica" (which later turned up on the 1977 Hancock album, VSOP: The Quintet.) The song Jessica also was sampled by Hip-Hop producer Havoc for Mobb Deep's now classic Shook Ones Pt. II. Track listing: All Songs composed by Herbie Hancock. (Copyright Hancock Music Company-BMI) "Wiggle-Waggle" - (5:51) "Fat Mama" - (3:49) "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" - (5:01) "Oh! Oh! Here He Comes" - (4:08) "Jessica" - (4:13) "Fat Albert Rotunda" - (6:29) "Lil' Brother" - (4:26) Personnel: Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano Joe Henderson — tenor sax, alto flute Joe Farrell - tenor sax (uncredited in original LP release) Garnett Brown — trombone Johnny Coles — trumpet, flugelhorn Joe Newman - trumpet (uncredited in original LP release) Buster Williams — electric & acoustic bass Albert "Tootie" Heath, Bernard Purdie — drums (Purdie was uncredited in original LP release) Eric Gale - guitar (uncredited in original LP release) Production: Arranged & Conducted By Herbie Hancock Produced By Herbie Hancock Recorded & Engineered By Rudy Van Gelder ℗ 1969 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.