VSOP (album)

V.S.O.P.
Live album by Herbie Hancock
Released	April 1977
Recorded	1976
Genre	Jazz
Length	86:35
Label	Columbia
Producer	David Rubinson
Herbie Hancock chronology
Secrets (1976) V.S.O.P (1977) V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (1977)

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V.S.O.P. is a April 1977 jazz-funk fusion double live album by keyboard player Herbie Hancock featuring performances by the V.S.O.P. Quintet (Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter & Tony Williams), the Mwandishi band with Eddie Henderson on two tracks, and The Headhunters featuring Bennie Maupin and Paul Jackson.

Track listing

1. "Piano Introduction" - 4:33
2. "Maiden Voyage" (Hancock) - 13:18
3. "Nefertiti" (Shorter) - 5:17
4. "Introduction of Players/Eye of the Hurricane" (Hancock) - 18:35
5. "Toys" (Hancock) - 14:00
6. "Introductions" - 1:47
7. "You'll Know When You Get There" (Hancock) - 7:00
8. "Hang Up Your Hang Ups" (Hancock, Jackson, Ragin) - 11:54
9. "Spider" (Hancock, Jackson, Ragin) -10:12

Recorded Live At:

Newport Jazz Festival - New York City Center - New York, New York - Tuesday, June 29, 1976

Tracks 1-4 performed by V.S.O.P., Tracks 5-7 performed by Mwandishi, Tracks 8-9 performed by the Headhunters

Personnel

Musicians

• Ron Carter – bass
• Herbie Hancock – electric piano
• Billy Hart – drums
• Eddie Henderson – flugelhorn, sound effects, trumpet
• Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
• Paul Jackson – electric bass
• James Levi – drums
• Bennie Maupin – alto flute
• Kenneth Nash – percussion
• Ray Parker, Jr. – guitar
• Julian Priester – bass trombone
• Wayne Shorter – soprano sax, tenor sax
• Wah Wah Watson – guitar, synthesizer
• Buster Williams – bass
• Tony Williams – drums

Production

• Fred Catero – engineer
• Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin – composer
• David Rubinson – engineer, producer

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