Mwandishi
Mwandishi is the ninth studio album by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in March 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.
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Mwandishi is the ninth studio album by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in March 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.
== Background == This album is one of Hancock's first departures from the traditional idioms of jazz, as well as the beginning of an original and creative style which eventually appealed to a wider audience. In addition, Mwandishi was Hancock's attempt at continuing the musical principles and styles he explored in his previous experiences with Miles Davis (on the album In A Silent Way, for instance). Hancock's previous explorations of jazz fusion included Fat Albert Rotunda, an album related to the TV special ‘’Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert’’.