Album · 1962
Takin’ Off
Tracklist
1
Watermelon Man
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7:14
2
Three Bags Full
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5:31
3
Empty Pockets
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6:12
4
The Maze
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6:50
5
Driftin’
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7:01
6
Alone and I
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6:29
In print
First pressed 1962, still pressed 2026 — 116 pressings across 14 countries.
Credits
Gordon H Jee
Art Direction · creative director [reissue]
Scott Warpool
Art Direction
Barilla.design
Artwork
Designppk'020!
Artwork
Shutterstock
Artwork · cover
Amanda Wray
Design
Billy Higgins
Instrument · drums
Butch Warren
Instrument · bass
Clifford Jarvis
Instrument · drums
Dexter Gordon
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard
Instrument · trumpet
Herbie Hancock
Instrument · piano
James Spaulding
Instrument · alto saxophone
Reggie Workman
Instrument · bass
Akira Tsuchikura
Liner Notes
Bob Blumenthal
Liner Notes
Fumiaki Fujimoto
Liner Notes
Himeji Hayashida
Liner Notes
Leonard Feather
Liner Notes
Peter Gamble
Liner Notes
Robert Bantz
Liner Notes
上條直之
Liner Notes
久保田孝
Liner Notes
岡崎正通
Liner Notes
岩浪洋三
Liner Notes
悠雅彦
Liner Notes
高田敬三
Liner Notes
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Lyricist
Alan Yoshida
Mastering
Bert Agudelo
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Dr. Groove (4)
Mastering · remastered by
Kevin Gray
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Mr. Record
Mastering · remastered by
Ron McMaster
Mastering · remastered by [digitally]
Ron Rambach
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Rudy van Gelder
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Francis Wolff
Photography
Gamma-Rapho
Photography
Jean‐Pierre Leloir
Photography
Reid Miles
Photography
Alfred Lion
Producer
Joe Harley
Producer · reissue producer [xrcd reissue produced by]
Michael Cuscuna
Producer · reissue producer
Jon Hendricks
Writer