Sunlight (jazz album)
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| Studio album by Herbie Hancock | ||||
| Released | June 15, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 The Automatt, San Francisco The Village Recorder, Los Angeles (brasses) |
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| Genre | Jazz-funk, funk, jazz fusion, jazz, disco | |||
| Length | 39:26 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson | |||
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Sunlight is a June 1978 jazz-funk, fusion album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock. It features Hancock's vocals through a vocoder as well as performances by drummer Tony Williams and bassist Jaco Pastorius. This was when Hancock began heading towards a more mainstream Smooth Jazz/R&B fusion, similar to fellow Jazz-Fusion pianist Patrice Rushen. This would last until his 1982 album Lite Me Up.
The album produced a single entitled "I Thought It Was You" which was mildly received at the time by UK jazz listeners. As a whole the album tends to lay more toward funk than a jazz record, and is reminiscent of much of the electro-funk of the time. This release marks the beginning of the 1980s electro-era style that was more refined in Herbie's later albums such as Future Shock and Sound-System.
All tracks composed by Herbie Hancock, except where indicated.
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