Jive Time Records

Herbie Hancock's 1973 LP Sextant arrived smack dab in the middle of the legendary keyboardist/composer's exceptionally fertile fusion era. Containing only 3 tracks that average 13 minutes a piece, Sextant found Hancock and his band of explorers taking jazz to extremes seldom traversed outside of Sun Ra’s omniverse. Critic Buckley Mayfield picks his jaw up off the floor to present his thoughts about Hancock's most outré album in a review on our blog. Link in comments.