Fat Albert Rotunda

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Fat Albert Rotunda
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released December 8, 1969
Recorded May-June 1969
Genre Jazz
Length 33:41
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer David Rubinson
Professional reviews

Allmusic 4.5/5 stars link
Herbie Hancock chronology
The Prisoner
(1969)		 Fat Albert Rotunda
(1969)		 Mwandishi
(1970)

Fat Albert Rotunda is the tenth album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1970. It also was the first album that Hancock had on the Warner Bros. Records label, since leaving Blue Note Records.

[edit] About the Album

Originally being centered on soundtrack music that Hancock wrote for the Bill Cosby Saturday morning cartoon show, It became the turning point for Hancock to move towards the Jazz-funk style. 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.)

[edit] Track Listing

All Songs composed by Herbie Hancock.

  1. "Wiggle-Waggle" - (5:51)
  2. "Fat Mama" - (3:49)
  3. "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" - (5:01)
  4. "Oh! Oh! Here He Comes" - (4:08)
  5. "Jessica" - (4:13)
  6. "Fat Albert Rotunda" - (6:29)
  7. "Lil' Brother" - (4:26)