Thrust(album)
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| Studio albumby | ||||
| Released | September 6, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | August 1974 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider Studios,San Francisco;Different Fur Music,San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk[1] | |||
| Length | 38:49 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | David Rubinson,Herbie Hancock | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
| All About Jazz |  [5] |
| Tom Hull | B+[6] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [7] |
Thrustis the fourteenth studio album by Americanjazz-funkmusicianHerbie Hancock,released in September 1974 onColumbia Records.[8]The album reached No. 2 on theBillboardTop Soul Albumschart and No. 13 on theBillboard 200chart.[9][10]It is the second album featuringThe Headhunters:saxophonistBennie Maupin,bass guitaristPaul Jackson,drummerMike Clark(replacingHarvey Masonin this role) and percussionistBill Summers.
Background
[edit]Thrust was produced byDavid RubinsonandHerbie Hancock.[8]
Covers
[edit]"Actual Proof" was covered by thePeter Zak Trio(2006) andRoberta Piket(2015).
The composition "Butterfly" was subsequently performed by Hancock himself in his live albumFlood(1975), in two studio albums ofDirect Step(1979) andDis Is da Drum(1994), and inKimiko Kasai's albumButterfly(1979). "Butterfly" was also covered byNorman Connors(1978),Eddie Henderson(1978),Toto(2002),Austin Peralta(2006),Azymuth(2008),Robert Glasper Experiment,andGretchen Parlato(2009).
"Spank-a-Lee" was covered byMitchel Forman(2001).[11]
In popular culture
[edit]A variation of the composition "Palm Grease" was used in the 1974 vigilante filmDeath Wish,starringCharles Bronson.
The composition "Actual Proof" was originally written for the 1973 filmThe Spook Who Sat by the Door,and Hancock has used it as a demonstration of his style of playing theFender Rhodespiano.[12]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Palm Grease" | Herbie Hancock | 10:38 |
| 2. | "Actual Proof" | Hancock | 9:42 |
| Total length: | 19:57 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3. | "Butterfly" | Hancock,Bennie Maupin | 11:17 |
| 4. | "Spank-a-Lee" | Hancock,Mike Clark,Paul Jackson | 7:12 |
| Total length: | 18:14 | ||
Personnel
[edit]- Herbie Hancock–Fender Rhodes electric piano,HohnerD6clavinet,ARP Odyssey,ARP Soloist,ARP 2600,ARP String Ensemble
- Bennie Maupin–tenor saxophone,soprano saxophone,saxello,bass clarinet,alto flute
- Paul Jackson–electric bass
- Mike Clark–drums
- Bill Summers–percussion[8]
References
[edit]- ^Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018)."BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs".BeatCaffeine.Archived fromthe originalon August 25, 2018.RetrievedSeptember 19,2021.
- ^Ginell, Richard S."Herbie Hancock: Thrust".Allmusic.
- ^Christgau, Robert(1981)."Consumer Guide '70s: H".Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies.Ticknor & Fields.ISBN089919026X.RetrievedFebruary 24,2019– via Robertchristgau.com.
- ^Swenson, J., ed. (1985).The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide.U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94.ISBN0-394-72643-X.
- ^Eggert, Ester (September 5, 2004)."Herbie Hancock: Thrust".allaboutjazz.com.All About Jazz.
- ^"Tom Hull: Grade List: Herbie Hancock".Tom Hull.Retrieved12 August2020.
- ^Cook, Richard;Morton, Brian(2008).The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings(9th ed.).Penguin.p. 642.ISBN978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^abcdHerbie Hancock.Columbia Records.September 1974.
- ^"Herbie Hancock: Thrust (Top Soul Albums)".Billboard.com.Billboard.
- ^"Herbie Hancock: Thrust (Billboard 200)".Billboard.com.Billboard.
- ^"Herbie Hancock: Thrust".Secondhandsongs.com.RetrievedNovember 10,2021.
- ^"Audio Archives".Fenderrhodes.com.RetrievedSeptember 6,2024.
