The New Standard (Herbie Hancock album)

The New Standard
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 19, 1996
RecordedJune 14–16, 1995
StudioManhattan Center Studios, New York
GenreJazz
Length77:15
LabelVerve
ProducerGuy Eckstine, Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock chronology
Dis Is da Drum
(1994)
The New Standard
(1996)
1+1
(1997)
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AllMusic
Tom HullB
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

The New Standard is the thirty-fifth album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1996 on Verve. It consists of jazz renditions of classic and contemporaneous rock and R&B songs. It features an all-star sextet with saxophonist Michael Brecker, guitarist John Scofield, bassist Dave Holland, percussionist Don Alias and drummer Jack DeJohnette.