Feets, Don't Fail Me Now
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Feets, Don't Fail Me Now is the twenty-seventh album by Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
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Track listing
- "You Bet Your Love" (Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson, Allee Willis, Jeffrey Cohen) – 7:36
- "Trust Me" (Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson, Allee Willis) – 5:41
- "Ready or Not" (Ray Parker Jr., Jeffrey Cohen) – 6:42
- "Tell Everybody" (Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson, Bruce Good, Jeffrey Cohen) – 7:46
- "Honey From The Jar" (Herbie Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen) – 6:51
- "Knee Deep" (Herbie Hancock, Melvin Ragin) – 5:39
Personnel
- Herbie HancockHerbie HancockHerbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
– lead and background vocals, all keyboards - James GadsonJames GadsonJames Gadson is an American drummer and session musician. Beginning his career in the late 1960s, Gadson has since become one of the most-recorded drummers in the history of R&B music....
– drums - Eddie Watkins – bass
- Ray ObiedoRay ObiedoRay Obiedo is an American smooth jazz guitarist.Obiedo grew up in Richmond, California, and began playing guitar at age 17. Initially he played both jazz and R&B, appearing on record with Herbie Hancock, Julian Priester, and Sheila E.. He was the leader of jazz fusion group Kick and the rock band...
– guitar - Bill SummersBill Summers (jazz)Bill Summers is a New Orleans based Afro-Cuban jazz/Latin jazz percussionist, a multi-instrumentalist who plays primarily on conga drums. Summers is probably most well known due to his work with Los Hombres Calientes along with his friend and co-leader of the group, trumpeter Irvin Mayfield...
– percussion - Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters and Luther Waters – background vocals
- Ray Parker, Jr.Ray Parker, Jr.Ray Erskine Parker, Jr. , is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Parker is known for writing and performing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters, for his solo hits, and performing with his band Raydio as well as the late Barry White.-Early life and...
– guitar and drums on "Ready or Not" - Coke EscovedoCoke EscovedoCoke Escovedo was an American percussionist born April 30, 1941 in Los Angeles, California. Coke Escovedo first rose to prominence in 1969 as a member of Santana. Coke would be a featured on Santana's) Santana III album. In early 1972 Coke formed Azteca along with his brother Pete Escovedo...
– timbales on "Ready or Not" - Sheila Escovedo – congas on "Ready or Not"
- James Levi – drums on "Knee Deep" and "Trust Me"
- Freddie WashingtonFreddie Washington (bassist)"Ready" Freddie Washington is an American session bassist who has played with artists such as Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Al Jarreau, Aaron Neville, Lionel Richie, Anita Baker, B.B...
– bass on "Knee Deep" - Wah Wah Watson – guitar on "Knee Deep"
- Bennie MaupinBennie MaupinBennie Maupin is a Detroit Michigan jazz multireedist. He performs on various saxophones, flute and bass clarinet.He is probably best known for his participation in Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi sextet and Headhunters band, and for performing on Miles Davis's seminal fusion record, Bitches Brew...
– soprano sax on "Knee Deep"
- Produced by – David Rubinson & Friends Inc. and Herbie Hancock
- Associate Producer – Jeffrey Cohen
- Engineers – Fred CateroFred CateroFred Catero is an American record producer and engineer. Originally from New York, where he worked for CBS Records/Columbia, in the mid-1960s Catero moved to San Francisco to work for Columbia Records there. In San Francisco Catero worked on many albums by top artists, including Bob Dylan and...
and David Rubinson - Assistant Engineers – Chris Minto, Leslie Ann JonesLeslie Ann JonesLeslie Ann Jones is a multiple Grammy Award-winning recording engineer working as Director of Music Recording and Scoring at Skywalker Sound, a Lucasfilm, Ltd. company. She is a past Chair of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Board of Trustees, the organization that awards Grammys...
, Ken Kassie and Cheryl Ward - Mastering Engineer – Phil Brown
- Keyboard and Vocoder Engineer – Bryan Bell