Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (Blue Note Tone Poet)

Recorded and released in 1969, Herbie Hancock's last Blue Note album 'The Prisoner' is a powerful but overlooked masterpiece. A moving tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, this nonet session features some of the most exceptional instrumentalists in jazz including Joe Henderson, Johnny Coles, Hubert Laws, Garnett Brown, Buster Williams, and Albert "Tootie" Heat.

Blue Note Records Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tape 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe gatefold packaging. Mastering is by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl is manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).

TRACKLISTING:

1. I Have A Dream
2. The Prisoner
3. Firewater
4. He Who Lives in Fear
5. Promise of the Sun