John Eckman<p><strong>Herbie Hancock, Sextant, 1973 on Columbia</strong></p><p>1973’s Sextant was the last LP with the so-called Mwandishi-era sextet: Bennie Maupin, Eddie Henderson, Julian Priester, Buster Williams, and Billy Hart. It was also his debut on Columbia after Blue Note and Warner Bros. Columbia would also release <a href="https://goatless.org/2021/09/14/herbie-hancock-head-hunters-1973-on-columbia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Head Hunters</a> later the same year. </p><p>Great, funky collection – side 2 is one track, the 19:35 “Hornets.” Hancock plays Fender Rhodes, Mellotron, and ARP and Moog synthesizers and there’s lots of complex percussion and instrumentation. </p><p>My copy is the Dec 2023 Vinyl Me Please Essentials (VMP E132) reissue, marketed as the 50th Anniversary Edition, on “Lunar Marble” vinyl with listening notes by <a href="https://www.marcusjmoore.media/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Marcus J. Moore</a> (who wrote <em><a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/high-and-rising-marcus-j-moore?variant=41562461208610" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">High and Rising</a></em>, the first biography of <a href="https://goatless.org/tag/de-la-soul" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">De La Soul</a>). </p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/1970s" target="_blank">#1970s</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/1973" target="_blank">#1973</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/2023" target="_blank">#2023</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/bennie-maupin" target="_blank">#BennieMaupin</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/billy-hart" target="_blank">#BillyHart</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/buster-williams" target="_blank">#BusterWilliams</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/columbia" target="_blank">#Columbia</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/eddie-henderson" target="_blank">#EddieHenderson</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/funk" target="_blank">#Funk</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/herbie-hancock" target="_blank">#herbieHancock</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/julian-priester" target="_blank">#JulianPriester</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/marcus-j-moore" target="_blank">#MarcusJMoore</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/reissue" target="_blank">#Reissue</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/vinyl" target="_blank">#vinyl</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/vinyl-me-please" target="_blank">#vinylMePlease</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/vinyl-me-please-essentials" target="_blank">#VinylMePleaseEssentials</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/vinylcollection" target="_blank">#vinylcollection</a></p>