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Mwandishi
Sign in to saveMwandishi is the ninth studio album by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in March 1971. It is the first album to officially feature Hancock’s ‘Mwandishi’ sextet, consisting of reed player Bennie Maupin, trumpeter Eddie Henderson, trombonist Julian Priester, bassist Buster Williams, and drummer Billy Hart.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Mwandishi is referenced by 115 other articles, and connects out to AllMusic, In a Silent Way and The Penguin Guide to Jazz.
It is catalogued under topics including 1970s concept albums, 1971 albums and Album articles lacking alt text for covers.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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- free jazz
- Performer
- Herbie Hancock
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- publication date
- 1971-03-00
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Mwandishi is the ninth studio album by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in March 1971. It is the first album to officially feature Hancock’s ‘Mwandishi’ sextet, consisting of reed player Bennie Maupin, trumpeter Eddie Henderson, trombonist Julian Priester, bassist Buster Williams, and drummer Billy Hart.
== Background == This album is one of Hancock's first departures from the traditional idioms of jazz, as well as the beginning of an original and creative style which eventually appealed to a wider audience. In addition, Mwandishi was Hancock's attempt at continuing the musical principles and styles he explored in his previous experiences with Miles Davis (on the album In A Silent Way, for instance). Hancock's previous explorations of jazz fusion included Fat Albert Rotunda, an album related to the TV special ‘’Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert’’.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mwandishi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.