Watermelon Man

~ Recording by Herbie Hancock

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Watermelon Man7:14Herbie HancockTakin’ OffHerbie HancockAlbum
Blue NoteBLP 4109
1.1Watermelon Man7:14Herbie HancockTakin’ OffHerbie HancockAlbum
Blue NoteBST-84109
1.1Watermelon Man7:14Herbie HancockTakin’ OffHerbie HancockAlbum
MANHATTAN (1984–1987; relaunched 2001)CDP-7 46506-2
1.1Watermelon Man7:12Herbie HancockThe Best of Herbie Hancock: The Blue Note YearsHerbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
Blue NoteCDP 7 91142 2
1.9Watermelon Man7:09Herbie HancockThe Best of Blue Note, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.2Watermelon Man7:12Herbie HancockCantaloupe IslandHerbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-06-14
Blue NoteCDP 7243 8 29331 2 0
1.1Watermelon Man7:13Herbie HancockThe OriginalsHerbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1995-10-01
Blue Note724383513024, 724383513123, 724383513222
1.1Watermelon Man7:10Herbie HancockTakin' OffHerbie HancockAlbum
Blue NoteCDP 7 46506 2
1.1Watermelon Man7:12Herbie HancockThe Best of Herbie Hancock: The Blue Note YearsHerbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
CDP 7 911422
1.1Watermelon Man7:08Herbie HancockTakin’ OffHerbie HancockAlbum
  • US1996-05-28
Blue NoteCDP 7243 8 37643 2 7
1.1Watermelon Man7:14Herbie HancockTakin' OffHerbie HancockAlbum
  • US1996-06-10
1.1Watermelon Man7:08Herbie HancockTakin' OffHerbie HancockAlbum
Blue Note7243 4 897922 3
1.4Watermelon Man7:10Herbie HancockFunky BopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Blue Note
1.6Watermelon Man7:11Herbie HancockComplete Blue Note Sixties SessionsHerbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-11-03
Blue NoteB2BN 7243 4 95569 2 8
1.8Watermelon Man7:10Herbie HancockThe Best Blue Note Album in the World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-05-03
Blue Note7243 5 20070 2 8
1.8Watermelon Man7:10Herbie HancockThe Best Blue Note Album in the World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-08-31
Blue Note7243 5 20070 2 8
1.1Watermelon Man7:08Herbie HancockTakin' OffHerbie HancockAlbum
Blue Note3 49459 8
1.1Watermelon Man7:10Herbie HancockKen Burns Jazz: Herbie HancockHerbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-07
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 61446
1.1Watermelon Man7:10Herbie HancockThe Definitive (Ken Burns Jazz)Herbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-07
1.1Watermelon Man7:12Herbie HancockThe EssentialHerbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.1Watermelon Man7:10Herbie HancockThe Best of Herbie Hancock: Blue Note Years, Volume 20Herbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-04-27
1.1Watermelon Man7:14Herbie HancockTakin' OffHerbie HancockAlbum
  • JP2004-08-25
1.1Watermelon Man7:12Herbie HancockThe Essential Herbie HancockHerbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-02-28
  • DE2006-06-23
  • AU2006-08-05
  • XE2006
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)82796 94593 2
1.1Watermelon Man7:14Herbie HancockTakin' Off (180gr)Herbie HancockAlbum
  • US2007-01-30
Cisco MusicCLP-7050
1.1Watermelon Man7:08Herbie HancockThe Finest in JazzHerbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-06-26
Blue Note3861202
1.1Watermelon Man7:08Herbie HancockTakin' Off (RVG Edition)Herbie HancockAlbum
  • US2007-09-18
Blue Note927572
1.1Watermelon Man7:08Herbie HancockTakin' OffHerbie HancockAlbum
  • JP2007-09-26
Blue NoteTOCJ-7039
1.1Watermelon Man7:08Herbie HancockTakin' Off (RVG Edition)Herbie HancockAlbum
Blue Note0946 3 92757 2 4
1.2Watermelon Man7:11Herbie HancockCantaloupe IslandHerbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
  • PL2009-07-08
Polityka (Weekly newsmagazine in Poland.), The Music Marketeers (Polish subsidiary)TMMPL009-04
2.5Watermelon Man7:05Herbie HancockSiebzig Jahre Blue NoteVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Media (EMM in logo above EMI Music Media)50999 6 95216 2 1
1.1Watermelon Man7:10Herbie HancockWatermelon Man: The Ultimate Hancock!Herbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2010-06-22
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Blue Note, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)50999, 50999 6410222 1
1.7Watermelon Man7:09Herbie HancockBlue Note TSFHerbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music France (1994–2013)6422912
2.3Watermelon Man7:10Herbie HancockThe Essential JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2012-04-17
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88691930332
1.1Watermelon Man7:08Herbie HancockTakin’ OffHerbie HancockAlbum
Hallmark Records (Pickwick UK imprint, unrelated to the US Hallmark greeting card label)713812
1.1Watermelon Man7:15Herbie HancockTakin' OffHerbie HancockAlbum
  • -2014
Not Now MusicNOT2C526
2.1Watermelon Man7:10Herbie HancockTakin' OffHerbie HancockAlbum
  • -2014
Not Now MusicNOT2C526
1.1Watermelon Man7:10Herbie HancockTakin’ OffHerbie HancockAlbum
Blue Note84109
2.1Watermelon Man7:11Herbie Hancock100 Hits: JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2016-09-16
  • DE2016-09-23
  • ES2016-10-28
100 HitsDMG 100 126
2.1Watermelon Man?:??Herbie Hancock100 Hits: The Best Jazz AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-05-03
100 HitsDMGN100234
1.7Watermelon Man7:14Herbie HancockBest of Herbie HancockHerbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
1.2Watermelon Man7:12Herbie HancockCantaloupe IslandHerbie HancockAlbum + Compilation
Blue NoteCDP 529331

Relationships

recording engineer:Rudy van Gelder (on 1962-05-28)
producer:Alfred Lion
bass:Butch Warren (on 1962-05-28)
drums (drum set):Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (on 1962-05-28)
piano:Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (on 1962-05-28)
tenor saxophone:Dexter Gordon (on 1962-05-28)
trumpet:Freddie Hubbard (on 1962-05-28)
recorded at:Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 -) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1962-05-28)
sampled by:Escapism (Gettin’ Free) by Digable Planets
I Hate 2 Brag by Shaquille O’Neal
recording of:Watermelon Man (on 1962-05-28)

Related works

Watermelon Man

composer:H. Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
publisher:Hancock Music
Warner Chappell Music Ltd (1996–2019)
referred to in medleys:Stevie Wonder Herbie Hancock Mashup
later versions:Watermelon Man (with lyrics)