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- A1 Herbie Hancock - Main Title - "Blow-Up" 1:35
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piano, conductor, composer
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trumpet
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trumpet
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alto saxophone
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tenor saxophone
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organ
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guitar
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double bass
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drums
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- A2 Herbie Hancock - Verushka (Part 1) 2:41
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melodica, conductor, composer
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guitar
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double bass
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drums
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- A3 Herbie Hancock - Verushka (Part 2) 2:10
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conductor, composer
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alto saxophone
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guitar
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double bass
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drums
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- A4 Herbie Hancock - The Naked Camera 3:22
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piano, conductor, composer
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trumpet
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trumpet
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alto saxophone
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tenor saxophone
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double bass
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drums
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- A5 Herbie Hancock - Bring Down the Birds 1:50
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conductor, composer
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tenor saxophone
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organ
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guitar
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double bass
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drums
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- A6 Herbie Hancock - Jane's Theme 4:59
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conductor, composer
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organ
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guitar
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double bass
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drums
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- B1 Yardbirds - Stroll On 2:43
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vocals, harmonica, songwriter
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guitar, songwriter
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guitar, songwriter
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bass, songwriter
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drums
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- B2 Herbie Hancock - The Thief 3:16
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conductor, composer
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organ
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guitar
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double bass
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drums
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- B3 Herbie Hancock - The Kiss 4:05
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conductor, composer
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tenor saxophone
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organ
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guitar
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double bass
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drums
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- B4 Herbie Hancock - Curiosity 1:29
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piano, conductor, composer
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trumpet
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trumpet
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alto saxophone
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tenor saxophone
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double bass
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drums
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- B5 Herbie Hancock - Thomas Studies Photos 1:12
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piano, conductor, composer
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trumpet
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trumpet
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alto saxophone
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tenor saxophone
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double bass
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drums
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- B6 Herbie Hancock - The Bed 2:35
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piano, conductor, composer
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guitar
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double bass
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drums
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- B7 Herbie Hancock - End Title - "Blow-Up" 0:48
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piano, conductor, composer
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trumpet
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trumpet
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alto saxophone
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tenor saxophone
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double bass
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drums
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- Total length: 32:45
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Blow-Up [p] 33 rpm, Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Blow-Up Bonus Tracks, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Remastered
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Blow-Up Bonus Tracks, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Remastered
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9 Reviews
Hancock took his Blow Up soundtrack budget and spent it getting some of the best musicians in modern jazz to make it. Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Jimmy Smith, Jim Hall, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette etc. It paid off as although much of this is pretty standard background atmo style jazz it is still far above the norm. Plays nicely as an album.
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A very young herbie hancock took on the soundtrack to Antonioni's influential "blow up".... a kind of love story to the swinging 60s.
However rather than sounding like a cohesive soundtrack this sounds more like a series of individual showcases for some of the great players herbie assembled for the gig - joe Henderson,jimmy smith,freddie hubbard,jim hall and of course his good self.
However rather than sounding like a cohesive soundtrack this sounds more like a series of individual showcases for some of the great players herbie assembled for the gig - joe Henderson,jimmy smith,freddie hubbard,jim hall and of course his good self.
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A bit of a let down but the rock tracks are pretty good.
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Most notable for containing Stroll On by the Yardbirds, the heaviest song up until that point and possibly the ultimate proto-metal song.
It's basically the Train Kept A Rollin, played with 3 times the distortion, feedback and crunch. Features both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on lead guitars.
It's basically the Train Kept A Rollin, played with 3 times the distortion, feedback and crunch. Features both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on lead guitars.
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The soundtrack to Michelangelo Antonioni's masterpiece Blowup is probably the weakest thing about the film. A fairly young Herbie Hancock composed and conducted the soundtrack for the film. His talents are unimpeachable. However, given the constrictions of music writing for mainstream cinema (the film was produced by M-G-M), these tracks have none of the explosiveness these players (including Jim Hall, Freddie Hubbard, Jack DeJohnette and Ron Carter) are known for. Also, their approach is similar to many soundtracks of the time: make it sound like the Beatles if they were a jazz combo, or, at the very least, the music of the British Invasion. (A more successful example of this approach can be found on the exploitation release Batman and Robin by "The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale," aka Sun Ra and the Blues Project!) The highlight of this soundtrack is, without doubt, "Stroll On" by the Yardbirds, which is my second favorite track of theirs (the first being "I'm a Man"). Containing the ferocity of 60s garage rock, the pop instincts of the other British Invasion acts, and the energy that would propel many of the greatest punk groups of the 1970s, "Stroll On" has got it all.
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A bit uneven from a musical point of view, but young Herbie Hancock's music is impressive. He goes from bluesy organ-driven moods to Coltrane-influenced Hard Bop to funky dance grooves. Here was a musician to reckon with. There's also music by the Yardbirds, which is not of interest to me.
Personnel:
Herbie Hancock (piano); Jim Hall (guitar); Joe Newman, Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Phil Woods (alto saxophone); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); Paul Griffin (organ); Ron Carter (bass); Jack DeJohnette (drums); The Yardbirds
Personnel:
Herbie Hancock (piano); Jim Hall (guitar); Joe Newman, Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Phil Woods (alto saxophone); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); Paul Griffin (organ); Ron Carter (bass); Jack DeJohnette (drums); The Yardbirds
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The soundtrack to this cult classic is one of the lower visibility projects by one of the higher visibility jazz artists, and its availability has been limited either as a cause and/or result of this.
Herbie Hancock apparently went to London (the site of the movie) to record this, but didn't like the results. So he then returned to America to gather a cast of jazz superstars that should make this album a curiosity at minimum for any jazz fan. With players the calibre of Jim Hall and Joe Henderson (and many more), even this straightforward material comes off as exemplary. Not at all one of Hancock's most experimental albums, this is actually one of his commercial jazz efforts as if to capture the popular American jazz sounds in London from the movie's setting. On the title piece and its reprise, the band squeezes moments of straight-up funky soul, bop, blues, and progressive jazz into a few mere minutes. On each of the other songs, the band jumps through a similar variety of popular jazz stylings in prime form.
There are several pop/rock songs by other artists on the soundtrack as well, including a re-working of the raucous "Train Kept A-Rollin" with the legendary but short-lived Jeff Beck/Jimmy Page line-up of the Yardbirds, who perform the song notably in the movie. Other curiosities here are John Sebastian's clever pop song "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?", bonus tracks of unreleased songs by the psychedelic rock band Tomorrow, and an out-take by Hancock's band of the riff that would inspire Deee-Lite's hit "Groove Is In The Heart" 20+ years later.
The album and movie were probably quite modern and ahead-of-the-curve for their time. While not a major achievement, this album is a very worthy collectable and period piece that still sounds swingin' and groovy even after the fact - Austin Powers would probably give it two thumbs up too. Because it's such a good fit, unlike the famous artsy movie, it makes a lot of sense.
Herbie Hancock apparently went to London (the site of the movie) to record this, but didn't like the results. So he then returned to America to gather a cast of jazz superstars that should make this album a curiosity at minimum for any jazz fan. With players the calibre of Jim Hall and Joe Henderson (and many more), even this straightforward material comes off as exemplary. Not at all one of Hancock's most experimental albums, this is actually one of his commercial jazz efforts as if to capture the popular American jazz sounds in London from the movie's setting. On the title piece and its reprise, the band squeezes moments of straight-up funky soul, bop, blues, and progressive jazz into a few mere minutes. On each of the other songs, the band jumps through a similar variety of popular jazz stylings in prime form.
There are several pop/rock songs by other artists on the soundtrack as well, including a re-working of the raucous "Train Kept A-Rollin" with the legendary but short-lived Jeff Beck/Jimmy Page line-up of the Yardbirds, who perform the song notably in the movie. Other curiosities here are John Sebastian's clever pop song "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?", bonus tracks of unreleased songs by the psychedelic rock band Tomorrow, and an out-take by Hancock's band of the riff that would inspire Deee-Lite's hit "Groove Is In The Heart" 20+ years later.
The album and movie were probably quite modern and ahead-of-the-curve for their time. While not a major achievement, this album is a very worthy collectable and period piece that still sounds swingin' and groovy even after the fact - Austin Powers would probably give it two thumbs up too. Because it's such a good fit, unlike the famous artsy movie, it makes a lot of sense.
Published
852280 2 CD (1996)
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To put it bluntly, this soundtrack is about as painful as director Michelangelo Antonioni's depiction of square "head trips" and phony objectivity in the film itself. My knowledge of jazz would fit squarely on the head of a pin and still rattle around like a BB in a boxcar so for all I know, Herbie Hancock may have acquitted himself quite nicely here. To these tin ears, it all sounds like pointless noodling.
Then, just as your eyes start to glaze over, the Yardbirds materialize out of thin air, a smirking Jeff Beck and a babyfaced Jimmy Page tear into a feedback-drenched "Stroll On" (actually "Train Kept A-Rollin" refitted with new lyrics for copyright reasons), and in three frantically exciting minutes, trash a club, Beck ripping off The Who (at Antonioni's insistence) by smashing his guitar.
Unfortunately, none of those visuals are included here because, well, this is a CD, not a DVD. But it almost makes this one worth the long green.
Then, just as your eyes start to glaze over, the Yardbirds materialize out of thin air, a smirking Jeff Beck and a babyfaced Jimmy Page tear into a feedback-drenched "Stroll On" (actually "Train Kept A-Rollin" refitted with new lyrics for copyright reasons), and in three frantically exciting minutes, trash a club, Beck ripping off The Who (at Antonioni's insistence) by smashing his guitar.
Unfortunately, none of those visuals are included here because, well, this is a CD, not a DVD. But it almost makes this one worth the long green.
Published
852280 2 CD (1996)
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