Herbie Hancock "VSOP III" - Athens 1985

Here's the last of the sideman shows of Freddie Hubbard. I got this from dime recently though it had been shared quite a while ago. Tony Williams was one of the first jazz musicians I ever tried to write about in the high school paper... still a favourite! And Bobby "Booby" Hutcherson is cool, too. Herbie did some of the most astonishing and lyrical piano playing of all jazz in the 60s and went places later on (I love his Mwandishi band! The first two Headhunters albums are friggin' cool, too!). Ron Carter... well, he's Ron Carter, the man who kept the second Miles Davis quintet connected to earth somehow, even though his intonation might not be to everyone's taste. And then, there's Freddie on top of it!

Thanks to Simon for the cover!



Herbie Hancock - VSOP III
Athens (Greece)
August 9, 1985

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
Herbie Hancock - piano, keyboards
Ron Carter - bass
Tony Williams - drums

CD1/54:52
1. Footprints (Wayne Shorter) 9:04 [inc, cuts in]
2. It's Only a Paper Moon (12:38)
3. Cantaloupe Island (Herbie Hancock) 16:37
4. Byrdlike (Freddie Hubbard) 16:30

CD2/72:18
1. Ann HH (1:28)
2. Sister Cheryl (Tony Williams) 15:05
3. Night and Day (Cole Porter) 14:08
4. Ann HH > Little Waltz (Ron Carter) 9:27
5. Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock) 20:59
6. Oleo (Sonny Rollins) 11:08

TT: 127:09

Sound: A-

Davmar - SB MASTER > CASSETTE > M-AUDIO TRANSIT > COOL EDIT > CD WAVE EDITOR > FLAC >
goody - dBpowerAMP (convert to WAV) > Cool Edit Pro (Pitch Correction, -52 cents, fade D1T3) > TLH (FLAC, sigs)

NOTES:
- Pitch was approximately 52 cents sharp.
- Silence & a proper fade added to D1T3.
- Corrected & reFLACed using TLH by goody - 12/5/05