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Fat Albert Rotunda
Fat Albert Rotunda
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released	8th December 1969
Recorded	October 4 and 16; November 26, and December 8, 1969
Studio	Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz-funk
Length	33:57
Label	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Producer	Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Fat Albert Rotunda is the eighth album by jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock, released in 1969. It was Hancock's first release for Warner Bros. Records after his departure from Blue Note Records. The music was originally done for the TV special Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert, which later inspired the Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids TV show.

Fat Albert Rotunda and the two albums that followed it, Mwandishi and Crossings, were reissued in one set as Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings in 1994 and as The Warner Bros. Years (1969-1972) in 2014.

Musicians and style

On this album Hancock changes to a jazz-funk style with a playful 1960s R&B flavor, to fit the cartoon theme. He would not return to this style again until four years later with Head Hunters (1973).^[1]

Hancock recorded the album in two sessions, with two different groups of musicians. Five songs were played by tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson (mostly playing flutes), trombonist Garnett Brown and trumpeter Johnny Coles, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath. The opening and closing tracks were played by trumpeters Joe Newman and Ernie Royal, saxophonists Joe Farrell and Art Clarke, trombonist Benny Powell, guitarists Eric Gale and Billy Butler, bassist Jerry Jemmott, and drummer Bernard Purdie.^[4] The various musician solos include Hancock playing on Fender Rhodes electric piano.^[1]

Track listing

All songs composed by Herbie Hancock. (Copyright Hancock Music Company-BMI)

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wiggle-Waggle"	5:51
2.	"Fat Mama"	3:49
3.	"Tell Me a Bedtime Story"	5:01
4.	"Oh! Oh! Here He Comes"	4:08
Total length:		18:54

Side B
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Jessica"	4:13
6.	"Fat Albert Rotunda"	6:29
7.	"Lil' Brother"	4:26
Total length:		15:14

Personnel

Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano
Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute
Garnett Brown — trombone
Johnny Coles — trumpet, flugelhorn
Buster Williams — electric and acoustic bass
Albert "Tootie" Heath — drums
Joe Newman, Ernie Royal — trumpets (tracks 1 & 7, uncredited in original LP release)
Joe Farrell — tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (tracks 1 & 7, uncredited in original LP release)
Art Clarke — baritone saxophone (tracks 1 & 7, uncredited in original LP release)
Benny Powell — trombone (tracks 1 & 7, uncredited in original LP release)
Eric Gale, Billy Butler — guitar (tracks 1 & 7, uncredited in original LP release)
Jerry Jemmott — electric bass (tracks 1 & 7, uncredited in original LP release)
Bernard Purdie — drums (tracks 1 & 7, uncredited in original LP release)