| Mwandishi | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 1971[1] | |||
| Recorded | January 1971 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider (San Francisco) | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz | |||
| Length | 44:48 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | David Rubinson | |||
| Herbie Hancock chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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.
- ^ Billboard Mar 20, 1971
- ^ Mwandishi at AllMusic
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 641. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.