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HANCOCK ISLAND
THE MUSIC OF HERBIE HANCOCK

LENNY WHITE DRUMS - BUSTER WILLIAMS BASS
GEORGE COLLIGAN KEYBOARDS & ARRANGEMENTS - STEVE WILSON SAXOPHONES

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LENNY WHITE - Lenny has played with virtually everyone in the music business and has co-created some of the most influential music over the past three decades.

BUSTER WILLIAMS - “Buster Williams is a double bass god.” - Rob Adams, Glasgow Herald

STEVE WILSON - “He is among the best New York has to offer.” - Ben Ratliff, New York Times

GEORGE COLLIGAN - “One of the best kept secrets in jazz…” - Chris Hoven, All About Jazz


1. Cantaloupe Island     7:33
2. Fat Albert Rotunda     6:01
3. Butterfly     6:16
4. Finger Painting     6:08
5. Chameleon     9:44
6. Rockit     5:35
7. Watermelon Man     7:38
8. Maiden Voyages     7:02

Shortly after jazz legend Herbie Hancock picked up his Album of the Year Grammy back in February of 2008 for The Joni Letters, a stellar, swinging crew of four began a week-long engagement at the Iridium in midtown Manhattan in which they went about interpreting classic Hancock compositions.   The gig was a rousing success and the quartet - veterans Lenny White on drums and Buster Williams on bass along with young lions George Colligan on piano and Steve Wilson on saxophone - would subsequently go into the studio to document their remarkable chemistry and ingenious takes on these familiar Herbie tunes for Chesky Records.

This disc contains three separate versions of the same musical program:
• Direct Stream Digital™ Multi-Channel Suround Sound
• Direct Stream Digital™ 2-Channel Stereo
• CD Standard Stereo


Chesky Records are distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading