Thrust (album)
| Thrust | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 6, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | August 1974 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk, jazz | |||
| Length | 38:49 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | David Rubinson, Herbie Hancock | |||
| Herbie Hancock chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Thrust is a jazz-funk studio album by American jazz musician Herbie Hancock, released on September 6, 1974 on Columbia Records.
Background
The album served as a follow-up to Hancock's album Head Hunters (1973), and achieved similar commercial success, as the album reached as high as number 13 on the Billboard 200 listing. The lineup for Thrust is the same as on Head Hunters, except that Mike Clark replaced Harvey Mason on drums. This is Hancock's fourteenth album overall.
In popular culture
A variation of the composition "Palm Grease" was used in the 1974 vigilante film Death Wish, starring Charles Bronson.
The composition "Actual Proof" was originally written for the 1973 film The Spook Who Sat by the Door, and Hancock has used it as a demonstration of his style of playing the Fender Rhodes piano.[4]
The composition "Butterfly" would subsequently be performed on the live album Flood, and two other studio releases: Direct Step and Dis Is da Drum. "Butterfly" is the opening track on Eddie Henderson's 1978 album Mahal, which features Hancock on keyboards.
Track listing
All compositions by Herbie Hancock except as indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Palm Grease" | 10:38 | |
| 2. | "Actual Proof" | 9:42 | |
| 3. | "Butterfly" | Hancock, Bennie Maupin | 11:17 |
| 4. | "Spank-a-Lee" | Hancock, Mike Clark, Paul Jackson | 7:12 |
Personnel
- Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner D6 clavinet, ARP Odyssey, ARP Soloist, ARP 2600, ARP String Ensemble
- Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, saxello, bass clarinet, alto flute
- Paul Jackson – electric bass
- Mike Clark – drums
- Bill Summers - percussion
References
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. "Thrust - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 Nov 2019.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: H". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Fender Rhodes.com Audio Archive
 | This 1970s jazz album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |