Butterfly (Kimiko Kasai album)

Butterfly is a studio album by Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock, originally released only in Japan in 1979.[2][3][4][5] This is the only vocal collection album of Hancock's compositions, including six tracks, with accompaniment by Hancock's regular group. The title track "Butterfly" makes an appearance following the original album Thrust (1974), and this is also a vocal version. In 2018, this album was reissued in the UK from Be With Records.[1][6]

Butterfly
Studio album by
Released1979
RecordedOctober 1979
StudioCBS/Sony Studio, Tokyo
GenreJazz-funk
LabelCBS/Sony
ProducerDavid Rubinson and Herbie Hancock
Professional ratings
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All About Jazz[1]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Thought It Was You"H. Hancock, Melvin M. Ragin, Jeffrey E. Cohen7:10
2."Tell Me A Bedtime Story" (lyrics by Jean Hancock)H. Hancock5:11
3."Head In The Clouds"D. Graselli, M. Malanet3:40
4."Maiden Voyage" (lyrics by Jean Hancock)H. Hancock7:25
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Harvest Time" (lyrics by Jean Hancock)H. Hancock4:55
6."Sunlight"H. Hancock6:15
7."Butterfly" (arranged by Jacques Burvick, lyrics by Jean Hancock)H. Hancock, Bennie Maupin6:13
8."As"Stevie Wonder6:16

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Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b c May, Chris (8 April 2018). "Kimoko Kasai with Herbie Hancock: Butterfly album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  2. ^ Spice, Anton (2018-03-20). "Kimiko Kasai and Herbie Hancock's Butterfly reissued on vinyl". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  3. ^ "Legacy Announces Herbie Hancock: The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  4. ^ "Interview / Kimiko Kasai". Ban Ban Ton Ton. 2018-05-20. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  5. ^ "人気グループ「まるごと乗っ取り」セッション(2)ハービー・ハンコック・グループ【ジャズを聴く技術 〜ジャズ「プロ・リスナー」への道62】 | サライ.jp|小学館の雑誌『サライ』公式サイト". serai.jp (in Japanese). 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  6. ^ "Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock LP". Be With Records. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  7. ^ Kimiko Kasai With Herbie Hancock – Butterfly (1979, Vinyl), 1979, retrieved 2021-06-03
  8. ^ "Jazz Bassist Paul Jackson 1947 – 2021". JamBase. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  9. ^ Lord, Tom (1995). The jazz discography. The Archive of Contemporary Music. West Vancouver, B.C., Canada : Lord Music Reference ; [Redwood, NY, USA : Distributed by North Country Distributors]. ISBN 978-1-881993-10-0.