Inventions & Dimensions

Inventions & Dimensions is the third album by Herbie Hancock, recorded on August 30, 1963 for Blue Note Records. The album was also re-released in the mid-1970s as Succotash, credited to Hancock and Willie Bobo,[4] but with the sides reversed, opening with Jack Rabbit, the first track on side 2 of the original release, and with Succotash, the first track from side one of the original release beginning side 2. Inventions & Dimensions is unusual in prominently featuring Latin percussion whilst not being a Latin jazz album, rather being Hancock's exploration of modal jazz and post-bop.

Inventions & Dimensions
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released	1964
Recorded	August 30, 1963
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Modal Jazz, Post-Bop, Latin Jazz
Length	39:49
Label	Blue Note Records BST 84147
Producer	Alfred Lion
Herbie Hancock chronology
My Point of View (1963) Inventions & Dimensions (1964) Empyrean Isles (1964)
Succotash cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	(favorable) [1]
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Hancock

1. "Succotash" – 7:40
2. "Triangle" – 11:01
3. "Jack Rabbit" – 5:57
4. "Mimosa" – 8:38
5. "A Jump Ahead" – 6:33
6. "Mimosa" (alternate take) – 10:06 Bonus track on reissue

Personnel

• Herbie Hancock – piano
• Paul Chambers – bass
• Willie Bobo – drums, timbales
• Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez – percussion (not on track 5)

References

1. Weinsteein, Norman (2011). "Herbie Hancock | Inventions & Dimensions". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "Inventions & Dimensions - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 93. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Blue Note Records discography accessed January 25, 2011