Magic Windows is the thirty-second album

Album

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 by jazz

Jazz

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 pianist

Piano

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 Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

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, released in 1981.

Personnel involved in this album, besides Herbie himself, include among others: Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson, Ray Parker Jr.

Ray Parker Jr.

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, Sylvester, Paulinho da Costa

Paulinho Da Costa

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, Adrian Belew

Adrian Belew

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, Sheila Escovedo and Coke Escovedo

Coke Escovedo

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Track listing

1. "Magic Number" – 7:21 lead vocals by Sylvester
2. "Tonight's the Night" – 6:28
3. "Everybody's Broke" – 7:05
4. "Help Yourself" – 6:40
5. "Satisfied With Love" – 6:28
6. "The Twilight Clone" – 8:15

Synthesisers

Amongst the other synthesisers employed on this album, an Alpha Syntauri (enhanced Apple ][ computer) was used for some of the tracks.

Liner-notes on the CD version, from "Jazz Originals Series", say "There are no strings, or other orchestral instruments on this album. All of these orchestrations are performed by Herbie Hancock on various synthesizers."

See also

• Page describing software for the Alpha Syntauri system