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Personnel: Herbie Hancock (acoustic & Fender Rhodes pianos, Clavinet, synthesizer); Bennie Maupin (soprano & tenor saxophone, saxello, alto & bass flutes, bass clarinet); Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone); Jim Horn, Ernie Watts (saxophone, flute); Bud Brisbois, Jay DaVersa (trumpet); Garnett Brown (trombone); Dick Hyde (bass trombone, tuba); Stevie Wonder (harmonca); Wah Wah Watson (synthesizer, guitar); Blackbird McKnight, David T. Walker (guitar); Paul Jackson, Louis Johnson, Henry Davis (bass); Mike Clark, Harvey Mason, James Gadson (drums); Bill Summers (percussion). Recorded at Wally Heider Studios and Funky Features, San Francisco, California; Village Recorders and Crystal Studios, Los Angeles, California. Personnel: Herbie Hancock (piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, ARP Odyssey, Oberheim synthesizer, Clavinet, synthesizer); Bennie Maupin (tenor & soprano saxophones, saxello, bass clarinet, bass, alto flute); Ernie Watts, Jim Horn (saxophone, flute); Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone); Bud Brisbois, Jay DaVersa (trumpet); Garnett Brown (trombone); Dick Hyde (tuba, bass trombone); Stevie Wonder (harmonica); Wah Wah Watson (guitar, synthesizer); Blackbird McKnight, David T. Walker (guitar); Paul Jackson, Louis Johnson, Henry Davis (bass); Mike Clark, Harvey Mason, James Gadson (drums); Bill Summers (percussion). Producers: David Rubinson and Friends, Inc., Herbie Hancock. Engineers: Fred Catero, David Rubinson, Jack Leahy. Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, Funky Features, San Francisco, California; Village Recorders, Crystal Studios, Los Angeles, California. Personnel: Herbie Hancock (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, Oberheim synthesizer, string synthesizer); David T. Walker, Blackbyrd McKnight (guitar); Ernie Watts, Jim Horn (flute, saxophone); Bennie Maupin (alto flute, bass flute, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, saxello, tenor saxophone); Stevie Wonder (harmonica); Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone); Jay DaVersa, Bud Brisbois (trumpet); Garnett Brown (trombone); Dick Hyde (bass trombone, tuba); Harvey Mason, Sr. , James Gadson, Mike Clark (drums); Bill Summers (percussion). Liner Note Author: Mark Gilbert. Recording information: Crystal Studios, Los Angeles; Funky Features, San Francisco; Village Records, Los Angeles; Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco. Perhaps the funkiest album of Herbie Hancock's early- to mid-'70s jazz/funk/fusion era, Man-Child starts off with the unforgettable "Hang Up Your Hang Ups," and the beat just keeps coming until the album's end. "Sun Touch" and "Bubbles" are slower, but funky nonetheless. Hancock is the star on his arsenal of keyboards, but guitarist Wah Wah Watson's presence is what puts a new sheen on this recording, distinguishing it from its predecessors, Head Hunters and Thrust. Others among the all-star cast of soloists and accompanists include Wayne Shorter on soprano sax, Stevie Wonder on chromatic harmonica, and longtime Hancock cohort Bennie Maupin on an arsenal of woodwinds. ~ Jim Newsom
