Inventions & Dimensions is the third album by Herbie Hancock, recorded on August 30, 1963, for Blue Note Records. It features Hancock with bassist Paul Chambers and percussionists Willie Bobo and Chihuahua Martinez. The album was reissued in the 1970s as Succotash, credited to Hancock and Bobo,Blue Note Records discography accessed January 25, 2011 but with the sides reversed. Inventions & Dimensions is unusual in prominently featuring Latin percussion whilst not being a Latin jazz album, rather presenting Hancock's further exploration of modal jazz and post-bop idioms.
Track listing All compositions by Herbie Hancock.
Side one
"Succotash" – 7:40 "Triangle" – 11:01
Side two
"Jack Rabbit" – 5:57 "Mimosa" – 8:38 "A Jump Ahead" – 6:33
CD reissue bonus track
"Mimosa" (alternate take) – 10:06
Personnel
Herbie Hancock – piano Paul Chambers – bass Willie Bobo – drums, timbales Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez – percussion (not on track 5)
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