Sunlight (Herbie Hancock album)

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Sunlight
Sunlight cover
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released 1977
Recorded July 23, 1977
Genre Jazz
Label Columbia
Professional reviews

3/5 stars All Music Guide link

Herbie Hancock chronology
V.S.O.P: Tempest at the Colosseum
(1977)
Sunlight
(1977)
Directstep
(1978)

Sunlight is a 1977 Jazz-funk fusion album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock. Originally a UK import album, it features Hancock's vocals through a vocoder as well as performances by drummer Tony Williams and bassist Jaco Pastorius.

The album produced a UK single entitled "I Thought It Was You" which was mildly received at the time by jazz listeners. As a whole the album tends to lay more toward funk than a jazz record, and is reminiscent of much of the electro-funk of the time. This release marks the beginning of the 1980's electro-era style that was more refined in Herbie's later albums such as Future Shock and Sound-System.

[edit] Track listing

  1. I Thought It Was You
  2. Come Running To Me
  3. Sunlight
  4. No Means Yes
  5. Good Question

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