''Dis Is da Drum'' is
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of ...
's thirty-fourth album and his first solo album since leaving
. Guests include saxophonist
Bennie Maupin, trumpeter
Wallace Roney and flautist
Hubert Laws.
Tracks like "Bo Ba Be Da" and "Dis Is da Drum" reflect Hancock's move towards
acid jazz
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, while "Butterfly" makes a fifth appearance on a Hancock album following the original album (''
Thrust
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''),
Kimiko Kasai's album (''
Butterfly
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''), a live album (''
Flood
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''), and another studio album (''
Direct Step'').
Track listing
Personnel
* Herbie Hancock – piano (exc. 2, 3, 7),
Minimoog
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and
synthesizer
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(2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11),
clavinet (2, 5, 10, 11), synthesizer bass (2, 11), background vocals (4)
*
Bill Summers – percussion (exc. 4, 7),
bata (7)
* Will "Roc" Griffin – drum loops,
sequencing (exc. 5, 7),
sampling (exc. 5, 7, 9), programming (5, 7, 10, 11), rap (4)
* Darrell Smith – keyboards (1, 2, 8), sequencing (2, 8, 9, 10), electric piano (3, 4, 11), clavinet (3, 7), Minimoog (3), background vocals (4), programming (5–10), synthesizer (5, 9)
* Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson – guitar (exc. 3, 6, 9), background vocals (4)
with
*
Wah Wah Watson – guitar (1, 2, 8–11), vocals and sequencing (9)
*
Mars Lasar – keyboards and sound design (1, 4, 6, 10, 11)
*
Wallace Roney – trumpet (1, 8, 10, 11)
*
Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone (1, 8, 10, 11)
*
Hubert Laws – flute (6)
* Lázaro Galarraga – vocals (2, 7), bata and vocal arrangement (7)
* Chill Factor – rap (4)
*
The Real Richie Rich – DJ and scratcher (4)
*
Francis Awe – vocals (5)
* Marina Bambino, Felicidad Ector, Lynn Lindsey, Yvette Summers, Louis Verdeaux – background vocals (2, 11)
* Huey Jackson – background vocals (2, 7, 11)
* Nengue Hernandez – background vocals (7)
* Frank Thibeaux – bass guitar (1)
*
Armand Sabal Lecco – bass guitar (8, 10)
* Jay Shanklin – bass and add. sequencing (8)
* Ken Strong – drums (1, 2, 6–11)
* William Kennedy – drums (1, 7, 11)
*
Guy Eckstine – drums (5)
* Niayi Asiedu – percussion (1)
*
Airto Moreira – percussion (3)
* Munyungo Jackson and Skip Burney –
djembe (5)
* Nengue Hernandez – bata (7)
* Brady Speller – percussion (11)
* Doug Scott – additional editing (2)
Rhythm arrangements credited to (as far as they are not identical to the writers credits)
*"The Melody" – Darrell Smith, Will "Roc" Griffin
*"Butterfly" – Bill Summers, Herbie Hancock, Mars Lasar
*"Hump" – Bill Summers, Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson, Darrell Smith, Jay Shanklin
*"Rubber Soul" – Bill Summers, Herbie Hancock, Wah Wah Watson, Will "Roc" Griffin
*"Bo Ba Be Da" – Darrell Smith, Herbie Hancock
Production, recording and mix by Bill Summers and Herbie Hancock with Darrell Robertson, Darrell Smith, Will Griffin.
*Additional co-producer (6), additional engineer (1, 6, 10, 11) – Mars Lasar
*Chief engineers – Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson, Darrell Smith
*Additional recordings at Studio 55 by Michael Schlessinger assisted by Darrell Roamer
*Mastering – "Big Bass"
Brian Gardner
*Executive-Producer – Guy Eckstine
In popular culture
The track 'Call it '95' is the main theme for the Australian political talk show ''
Insiders'' on ABC TV.
References
External links
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1994 albums
Herbie Hancock albums
Post-bop albums
Mercury Records albums