Crossings (Herbie Hancock album)

Crossings is the tenth album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1972. It is the second album in his Mwandishi period, which saw him experimenting in electronics. The album is the band's first to feature new member, synthesizer player Patrick Gleeson. He was scheduled to "set up his Moog synthesiser for Hancock to play." However, Hancock was so impressed with Gleeson that he "asked Gleeson not only to do the overdubs on the album but join the group."

Crossings, along with Fat Albert Rotunda and Mwandishi, was reissued in one set as Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings in 1994 and as The Warner Bros. Years (1969-1972) in 2014

Side A

 * 1) "Sleeping Giant" (Herbie Hancock) – 24:50

Side B

 * 1) "Quasar" (Bennie Maupin) – 7:27
 * 2) "Water Torture" (Maupin) – 14:04

Personnel

 * Herbie Hancock – piano, electric piano, mellotron, percussion
 * Eddie Henderson – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
 * Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet, piccolo, percussion
 * Julian Priester – tenor and alto trombones, bass, percussion
 * Buster Williams – bass guitar, double bass, percussion
 * Billy Hart – drums, percussion

With:
 * Patrick Gleeson – Moog synthesizer
 * Victor Pantoja – congas
 * Candy Love, Sandra Stevens, Della Horne, Victoria Domagalski, Scott Breach – voices