Sextant (album)

Sextant
Studio album by
Released30 March 1973
Recordedearly 1973
Studio
Genre
Length39:02
LabelColumbia
ProducerDavid Rubinson
Herbie Hancock chronology
Crossings
(1972)
Sextant
(1973)
Head Hunters
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone 1998
Rolling Stone 2004
Uppity Music(favorable)
Virgin Encyclopedia
Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Sextant is the eleventh studio album by Herbie Hancock, released in 1973 by Columbia. It is the last album with the Mwandishi-era sextet featuring saxophonist Bennie Maupin, trumpeter Eddie Henderson, trombonist Julian Priester, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Billy Hart. Synthesizer player Patrick Gleeson and percussionist Buck Clarke also appear.