Herbie Hancock - Thrust

Thrust is the fourteenth studio album by American jazz musician Herbie Hancock, originally released in September 1974 via Columbia Records.

The cover of Thrust reveals a lot of the album. Herbie's sitting comfortablyin his spaceship controlled by a synth from an alien world, reaching o the clouds and beyond. Well, that's what his stature was in 1974 - one of the seminal renewals of jazz by incorporating new electric instruments like the ARP synthesizer.

Thrust is the follow up to Head Hunters (1973) using the same band except for drummer Harvey Mason, who is replaced by Mike Clark, a jazz great in his own right.

Again, only four songs on this single LP, each around 10 minutes long. "Butterfly" is a great spacy jam with intricate twists and turns. And when hearing the intro drum break of "Palm Grease", you know this is a must-have album for all groove addicts.

The album reached #2 on the US Billboard Top Soul and #13 on the US Billboard 200 albums charts.

This album is a 2009 reissue on 180 gram audiophile black vinyl, pressed in Europe via Music On Vinyl.