Empyrean Isles

Album by Herbie Hancock

Empyrean Isles is the second studio album by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1964. Musically it draws on post-bop and modal jazz with lean, groove-oriented arrangements, inventive harmonic language and interactive group improvisation, representing an early step in Hancock's emergence as a composer and bandleader in the modern jazz movement.
First released: 1964

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    One Finger Snap
    7:21
  2. 2.
    One Finger Snap (alternate take)
    7:37
  3. 3.
    Oliloqui Valley
    8:28
  4. 4.
    Oliloqui Valley (alternate take)
    10:48
  5. 5.
    Cantaloupe Island
    5:33
  6. 6.
    The Egg
    14:00

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