Dis Is da Drum

Dis Is da Drum
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1994
Recorded1993–1994
StudioGarage Sale Studios and Studio 55, Los Angeles, CA
Genre
Length54:59
LabelMercury
ProducerHerbie Hancock, Bill Summers a.o.
Herbie Hancock chronology
A Tribute to Miles
(1994)
Dis Is da Drum
(1994)
The New Standard
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert Christgau:|[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Dis Is da Drum is Herbie Hancock's thirty-fourth album and his first solo album since leaving Columbia Records. 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, while "Butterfly" makes a fifth appearance on a Hancock album following the original album (Thrust), Kimiko Kasai's album (Butterfly), a live album (Flood), and another studio album (Direct Step).

  1. ^ a b Newsom, Jim. "Dis Is Da Drum - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  3. ^ Moon, Tom. "Rolling Stone : Herbie Hancock: Dis Is Da Drum : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 8, 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 645. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.