Thrust (album)

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Thrust
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released	1974
Recorded	August 1974
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	48:01
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	David Rubinson & Friends, Inc., and Herbie Hancock
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Herbie Hancock chronology
Head Hunters (1973) Thrust (1974) Dedication (1974)

Thrust is a Herbie Hancock fusion album released in 1974. It served as a follow up to Herbie's 1973 album Head Hunters, and achieved similar commercial success, as the album reached as high as number 13 on the Billboard Hot 200 LP listing. The lineup for Thrust is Herbie Hancock on keys, Bennie Maupin on reeds, Paul Jackson on the electric bass, Bill Summers on percussion, and Mike Clark on drums. This is the same lineup as on Head Hunters, except Mike Clark replaced Harvey Mason on drums.

"Butterfly" would subsequently be performed on a live album, Flood, and two more studio releases: Direct Step and Dis Is Da Drum.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Palm Grease" (Herbie Hancock) – 10:38
2. "Actual Proof" (Hancock) – 9:42
3. "Butterfly" (Hancock) – 11:17
4. "Spank-A-Lee" (Hancock, Mike Clark, Paul Jackson) – 7:12

[edit] Personnel

• Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner D-6 Clavinet, ARP Odyssey, ARP Soloist, ARP 2600, ARP String Ensemble
• Bennie Maupin – soprano and tenor saxophone, saxello, bass clarinet, alto flute
• Paul Jackson – electric bass
• Mike Clark – drums
• Bill Summers - percussion