Tracklist

1	Watermelon Man
2	Three Bags Full
3	Empty Pockets
4	The Maze
5	Driftin'
6	Alone And I

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Credits

• Bass – Butch Warren
• Design [Cover], Photography By [Cover Photo] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Billy Higgins
• Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
• Piano, Composed By – Herbie Hancock
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
• Tenor Saxophone – Dexter Gordon
• Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard

Notes

Recorded on May 28, 1962.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 4109	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 4109	US	1962
DOL882H	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	DOL	DOL882H	Europe	2015
0946 3 92757 2 4	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Blue Note	0946 3 92757 2 4	Europe	2007
BST 84109, BN 4109	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE)	Blue Note, Blue Note	BST 84109, BN 4109	Japan	1993
BST 84109	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM)	Blue Note	BST 84109	US	1986

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