Sextant (album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Julian Cope	(favorable)^[2]
Rolling Stone 1998	^[3]
Rolling Stone 2004	^[4]
Uppity Music	(favorable)^[5]
Virgin Encyclopedia	^[6]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[7]

Sextant is the eleventh album by Herbie Hancock, and the last album with his Mwandishi Band.

About the Album

Released in March 30, 1973 but recorded in 1972, Sextant was Herbie Hancock's first album on Columbia Records. The album was Hancock's last with his Mwandishi-era group.

Track listing

All songs by Herbie Hancock

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rain Dance"	9:16
2.	"Hidden Shadows"	10:11
3.	"Hornets"	19:35

Personnel

MWANDISHI (Herbie Hancock) - acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Hohner D6 clavinet, mellotron, ARP 2600, ARP Pro Soloist, Moog
MWILE (Bennie Maupin) - soprano sax, bass clarinet, piccolo, afuche, Hum-A-Zoo
MGANGA (Dr. Eddie Henderson) - trumpet, flugelhorn
PEPO (Julian Priester) - bass trombone, tenor trombone, alto trombone, cowbell
MCHEZAJI (Buster Williams) - electric bass, acoustic bass
JABALI (Billy Hart) - drums
Dr. Patrick Gleeson - ARP 2600, ARP Pro Soloist
Buck Clarke - percussion

References

↑ Jurek, Thom (2011). "Sextant - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
↑ Cope, Julian (2011). "Julian Cope presents Head Heritage | Unsung | Reviews | Herbie Hancock - Sextant". headheritage.co.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
↑ Scherman, Tony (2011). "Sextant : Herbie Hancock : Review : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
↑ RSguide, 2004
↑ "Uppity Music: Herbie Hancock: Sextant (1973)". uppitymusic.com. 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
1 2 "Acclaimed Music - Sextant". Acclaimed Music. 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

External links

Sextant at Discogs

Herbie Hancock

Discography

Studio albums	Takin' Off My Point of View Inventions and Dimensions Empyrean Isles Maiden Voyage Speak Like a Child The Prisoner Fat Albert Rotunda Mwandishi Crossings Sextant Head Hunters Thrust Man-Child Secrets Third Plane Herbie Hancock Trio Sunlight Directstep The Piano Feets, Don't Fail Me Now Monster Mr. Hands Magic Windows Herbie Hancock Trio Lite Me Up Quartet Future Shock Sound-System Village Life Perfect Machine A Tribute to Miles Dis Is da Drum The New Standard 1+1 Gershwin's World Future 2 Future Possibilities River: The Joni Letters The Imagine Project

Live albums	Hear, O Israel - A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz Dedication Flood V.S.O.P. The Quintet (V.S.O.P.) Tempest in the Colosseum (V.S.O.P.) An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock Live Under the Sky (V.S.O.P.) Jazz Africa Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall Live: Detroit/Chicago

with Bob Brookmeyer	Bob Brookmeyer and Friends

with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams	Out of this World (Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet) Chant Royal Flush Free Form A New Perspective

with Miles Davis	Seven Steps to Heaven My Funny Valentine Four & More E.S.P. Miles Smiles Sorcerer Nefertiti Miles in the Sky Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Jack Johnson On the Corner Big Fun Get Up with It

with Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny and Dave Holland	Parallel Realities

with Joe Farrell	Moon Germs Penny Arcade Upon This Rock Night Dancing

with Freddie Hubbard	Hub-Tones Straight Life Red Clay

with Joe Zawinul	Zawinul

Compilations	Treasure Chest The Best of Herbie Hancock The Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock

Soundtracks	Blow-Up Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert The Spook Who Sat by the Door Death Wish A Soldier's Story Round Midnight Action Jackson

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