Directstep

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Directstep
CBS/Sony
ProducerDavid Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
Herbie Hancock chronology
An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert
(1978) 		Directstep
(1979) 		Feets, Don't Fail Me Now
(1979)
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Directstep is the twenty-fourth studio album by jazz pianist

CBS/Sony label.[2] Participating musicians include saxophonist Bennie Maupin, keyboardist Webster Lewis, bass guitarist Paul Jackson, guitarist Ray Obiedo, percussionist Bill Summers, and drummer Alphonse Mouzon
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Overview

Directstep, released only in Japan, was one of the earliest albums ever released on CD. Webster Lewis became second keyboardist on this album in order for Hancock to handle the multiple layers of electronic texture that he hoped to achieve. Hancock re-recorded "I Thought It Was You" (originally on

Sunlight), making it even more electronic with his vocoding. "Butterfly" was also re-recorded (originally on Thrust) making Directstep the second album after the original version (the first being Flood), to have a rendition of "Butterfly". (The fourth would be Dis Is da Drum and the tune is also featured on Kimiko Kasai's LP, Butterfly, which Herbie plays on.) "Shiftless Shuffle" would later be re-recorded for 1980's Mr. Hands
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Track listing

CBS/Sony – 38DP 39[3]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Butterfly"
Melvin Ragin
15:27
Total length:30:30

Personnel

References

  1. All Music
    . Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  2. ^ "Herbie Hancock – Directstep (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "Herbie Hancock – Directstep (CD Album)". Discogs. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
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