Herbie Hancock's lackluster string of electric albums around this
period was enhanced by this one shining exception: an incorrigibly
eclectic record that flits freely all over the spectrum. Using
several different rhythm sections, Herbie Hancock is much more the
imaginative hands-on player than at any time since the prime
Headhunters period, overdubbing lots of parts from his ever-growing
collection of keyboards. He has regained a good deal of his ability
to ride in the groove. "Calypso" finds him playing synthesized
steel drums and interacting with customary complexity and
ebullience with V.S.O.P. mates Tony Williams and Ron Carter. Disco
rears its head, but inventively this time on "Just Around the
Corner," and in league with Jaco Pastorius' vibrating, interlacing
bass, Hancock gets off some good, updated jazz-funk on "Spiraling
Prism" and "4 AM." There is even a reunion of the original
Headhunters on a rhythmically tangled remake of "Shiftless
Shuffle"; drummer Harvey Mason sounds like a rhythm machine gone
bonkers. Easily the outstanding track -- and one of Hancock's most
haunting meditations -- is "Textures," where he plays all of the
instruments himself. This would be the last outcropping of
electronic delicacy from Hancock for some time, and it was mostly
-- and unjustly -- overlooked when it came out. ~ Richard S. Ginell
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