Artist: Herbie Hancock 
Album: Inventions & Dimensions
Original Release Date: 1964
Reissue Date: 2005
Label: Blue Note
Catalog No: 63798 
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Modal Music, Hard Bop
Run Time: 49:59
File Size: 312 Megabytes (327,915,905 bytes)
Quality / Bitrate: MONKEYS AUDIO / 850 Kbits / 44.1 KHz / Stereo


All written, composed and arranged by Herbie Hancock



   ~ T R A C K L I S T I N G ~

1. Succotash  	(07:40)
2. Triangle   	(11:01)
3. Jack Rabbit  (05:57)
4. Mimosa  (08:38)
5. A Jump Ahead (06:33)
6. Mimosa (alt take) (10:06)




   ~ P E R S O N N E L ~

Herbie Hancock		Arranger, Composer, Piano
Osvaldo Martinez	Bongos, Conga, Guiro, Finger Cymbals 
Willie Bobo		Drums, Timbales
Paul Chambers		Bass (Upright) 
Nat Hentoff		Liner Notes, Original Liner Notes 
Gordon Jee		Creative Director 
Bob Blumenthal		Liner Notes
Rudy Van Gelder		Engineer, Remastering, Audio Engineer
Alfred Lion		Producer, Audio Production
Michael Cuscuna		Reissue Producer







http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=18368



For his third album, Inventions and Dimensions, Herbie Hancock changed course dramatically. Instead of recording another multifaceted album like My Point of View, he explored a Latin-inflected variation of post-bop with a small quartet. Hancock is the main harmonic focus of the music — his three colleagues are bassist Paul Chambers, drummer Willie Bobo, and percussionist Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez, who plays conga and bongo. It is true that the music is rhythm-intensive, but that doesn't mean it's dance music. Hancock has created an improvisational atmosphere where the rhythms are fluid and the chords, harmonies, and melodies are unexpected. On every song but one, the melodies and chords were improvised, with Hancock's harmonic ideas arising from the rhythms during the recording. The result is risky, unpredictable music that is intensely cerebral and quite satisfying. Inventions and Dimensions displays his willingness to experiment and illustrates that his playing is reaching new, idiosyncratic heights. Listening to this, the subsequent developments of Miles Davis' invitation to join his quartet and the challenging Empyrean Isles come as no surprise. [The 2005 RVG remaster includes an alternate take of "Mimosa".] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide