Mwandishi

Mwandishi
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1971[1]
RecordedJanuary 1971
StudioWally Heider (San Francisco)
GenreJazz fusion, avant-garde jazz
Length44:48
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerDavid Rubinson
Herbie Hancock chronology
Fat Albert Rotunda
(1969)
Mwandishi
(1971)
Crossings
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Mwandishi is the ninth album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 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.

  1. ^ Billboard Mar 20, 1971
  2. ^ Mwandishi at AllMusic
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 641. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.