[TR24][OF] Herbie Hancock - Mr. Hands - 1980/2008 Jazz)

Mr. Hands was originally released in 1980 and is Herbie Hancock's thirtieth album. It was one of the last albums on which Hancock played more "straight" electric jazz before moving on to focus more on R&B influences. The track "4 A.M." features the late great bassist Jaco Pastorius.

Recorded in 1980 at The Automatt (#1-2, 4, 6), (San Francisco); Filmways/Heider Recording (#5), (San Francisco); The Village Recorder (#3), (Los Angeles).

Personnel
Herbie Hancock - synthesizer, piano, keyboards, vocals (through Vocoder),Clavinet, Minimoog, ARP 2600, Apple II, Linn drum synthesizer
Bennie Maupin - tenor sax (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
Jaco Pastorius (4) - bass