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Mr. Hands is the thirtieth album by Herbie Hancock. It features Jaco Pastorius on the track “4 A.M.,” plus an all-synthesizer track, “Textures,” performed entirely by Hancock. “Shiftless Shuffle” (originally recorded for the Japan-only album Directstep) features all five members of The Headhunters quintet that first appeared on the 1973 album Head Hunters, including the quintet’s original drummer Harvey Mason. This album was the first on which Hancock used a computer, this time an Apple II. He would continue his relationship with Apple Computer for many years.

Mr. Hands

• Audio CD – Audiobook
• English (Publication Language)
• 03/12/2025 (Publication Date) - Sony Bmg Europe (Publisher)

$12.90

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Track listing:
All songs composed by Herbie Hancock.

1. “Spiraling Prism” 6:25
2. “Calypso” 6:44
3. “Just Around the Corner” 7:36
4. “4 A.M.” 5:23
5. “Shiftless Shuffle” 7:10
6. “Textures” 6:37

Personnel:
Herbie Hancock – synthesizer, acoustic piano, keyboards, vocals (through vocoder), clavinet, Minimoog, ARP 2600, Apple II, Linn LM-1 drum computer
Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone (5)
Wah Wah Watson – guitar (3)
Byron Miller (1), Ron Carter (2), Freddie Washington (3), Jaco Pastorius (4), Paul Jackson (5) – bass
Leon Chancler (1), Tony Williams (2), Alphonse Mouzon (3), Harvey Mason (4-5) – drums
Bill Summers (1, 4-5), Sheila Escovedo (2-3) – percussion

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Released: September 1980
Recorded: 1980
Studio The Automatt, Filmways/Heider, The Village Recorder
Length: 39:55
Label: Columbia
Producer: Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson