HERBIE HANCOCK TRIO / LIVE IN WIEN 1987 (1CDR)

Herbie Hancock - piano
Buster Williams - bass

Al Foster - drums
1. LIMEHOUSE BLUES
2. MAIDEN VOYAGE
3. DOLPHIN DANCE
4. AIR DANCING - fade out

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This is a soundboard live recording of the Herbie Hancock Trio, boasting exceptionally high audio quality for a soundboard source. On acoustic bass, Hancock’s long-time associate Buster Williams delivers a nuanced performance, characterized by a distinctively overdriven, distorted tone. Behind the kit is Al Foster—a key figure during the peak of Miles Davis’s electric era—who here showcases a broader, more traditional "jazz" technical vocabulary beyond the splashy hi-hat work often associated with his time with Miles. The trio’s driving, cohesive rendition of "Limehouse Blues" is incredibly powerful, while the inclusion of two tracks from the Blue Note-era classic *Maiden Voyage*—which bookend that iconic album—is sure to delight long-time fans.