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Title information

Empty Pockets

Herbie Hancock

Takin' Off

Date of recording

28.5.1962, Englewood Cliffs/NJ

Audio sample

Performers

Herbie Hancock (Soloist) (piano)

* 12.4.1940, Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

Freddie Hubbard (Soloist) (trumpet)

* 7.4.1938, Indianapolis, Indiana (IN), United States

† 29.12.2008, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Dexter Gordon (Soloist) (tenor sax)

* 27.2.1923, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

† 25.4.1990, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

Butch Warren (Soloist) (Double Bass)

* 9.8.1939, Washington, DC, Maryland (MD), United States

† 5.10.2013, Silver Spring, Maryland (MD), United States

Billy Higgins (Soloist) (drums)

* 11.10.1936, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

† 3.5.2001, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Authors

Herbie Hancock (Composer)

* 12.4.1940, Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

Album information

Takin' Off

Herbie Hancock

Takin' Off

Year of production

1996

Record Label

Blue Note

Tracks

  • 1. Watermelon Man
  • 2. Three Bags Full
  • 3. Empty Pockets
  • 4. The Maze
  • 5. Driftin'
  • 6. Alone And I
  • 7. Watermelon Man (Alternate Take)
  • 8. Three Bags Full (Alternate Take)
  • 9. Empty Pockets (Alternate Take)