Fat Albert Rotunda
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released	December 8, 1969
Recorded	May-June 1969
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:41
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	David Rubinson
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Herbie Hancock chronology
The Prisoner (1969) Fat Albert Rotunda (1969) Mwandishi (1970)

Fat Albert Rotunda is the eighth album by jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock, released in 1969. It also was the first album that Hancock had on the Warner Bros. Records label, since leaving Blue Note Records.

Contents 1 About the Album 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Later Samples

[edit] About the Album

The album was a turning point for Hancock to move towards the Jazz-funk style. A perfect example of classic songs, such as "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" (which later turned up also on the 1978 Quincy Jones album, "Sounds...and Stuff Like That" in a more funk-esque type song) and "Jessica" (which later turned up on the 1977 Hancock album, VSOP: The Quintet.)

[edit] Track listing

All Songs composed by Herbie Hancock.

1. "Wiggle-Waggle" - (5:51)
2. "Fat Mama" - (3:49)
3. "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" - (5:01)
4. "Oh! Oh! Here He Comes" - (4:08)
5. "Jessica" - (4:13)
6. "Fat Albert Rotunda" - (6:29)
7. "Lil' Brother" - (4:26)

[edit] Personnel

• Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano
• Buster Williams — electric bass, acoustic bass
• Albert "Tootie" Heath — drums
• Joe Henderson — alto flute
• Garnett Brown — trombone
• Johnny Coles — trumpet, flugelhorn

[edit] Later Samples

• "Fat Mama"
  • "If My Homie Calls" by 2Pac from the album 2Pacalypse Now