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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Directstep<br />
| type = Studio album<br />
| artist = [[Herbie Hancock]]<br />
| cover = Directstep.jpg<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = January 21, 1979<br />
| recorded = October 17&ndash;18, 1978<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Electronic music|Electronic]], [[jazz fusion]]<br />
| length = 30:30<br />
| label = [[CBS/Sony]]<br />
| producer = [[David Rubinson]] & Friends, Inc.<br />
| prev_title = [[An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert]]<br />
| prev_year = 1978<br />
| next_title = [[Feets, Don't Fail Me Now]]<br />
| next_year = 1979<br />
}}<br />
{{Music ratings<br />
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]<br />
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news | title=Herbie Hancock – Directstep (Review)| url =http://www.allmusic.com/album/r164344| publisher = [[All Music]] | access-date = July 18, 2011}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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'''''Directstep''''' is the twentieth studio album by jazz pianist [[Herbie Hancock]]. The record was released exclusively in [[Japan]] on January 21, 1979, via the Japanese [[CBS/Sony]] label.<ref>{{cite news | title=Herbie Hancock – Directstep (Vinyl, LP, Album)| url =https://www.discogs.com/Herbie-Hancock-Directstep/release/1161485| publisher = [[Discogs]] | access-date = October 2, 2017}}</ref> Participating musicians include saxophonist [[Bennie Maupin]], keyboardist [[Webster Lewis]], bass guitarist [[Paul Jackson (bassist)|Paul Jackson]], guitarist [[Ray Obiedo]], percussionist [[Bill Summers (musician)|Bill Summers]], and drummer [[Alphonse Mouzon]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
''Directstep'', released only in Japan, was one of the earliest albums ever released on CD. Webster Lewis became second keyboardist on this album in order for Hancock to handle the multiple layers of electronic texture that he hoped to achieve. Hancock re-recorded "I Thought It Was You" (originally on ''[[Sunlight (jazz album)|Sunlight]]''), making it even more electronic with his [[vocoder|vocoding]]. "Butterfly" was also re-recorded (originally on ''[[Thrust (album)|Thrust]]'') making ''Directstep'' the second album after the original version (the first being ''[[Flood (Herbie Hancock album)|Flood]]''), to have a rendition of "Butterfly". (The fourth would be ''[[Dis Is da Drum]]'' and the tune is also featured on [[Kimiko Kasai]]'s LP, ''Butterfly'', which Herbie plays on.) "Shiftless Shuffle" would later be re-recorded for 1980's ''[[Mr. Hands (album)|Mr. Hands]]''.<br />
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==Track listing==<br />
[[CBS/Sony]] – 38DP 39<ref>{{cite news | title=Herbie Hancock – Directstep (CD Album)| url =https://www.discogs.com/fr/Herbie-Hancock-Directstep/release/3591933| publisher = [[Discogs]] | access-date = April 7, 2017}}</ref><br />
{{Track listing<br />
| total_length = 30:30<br />
|title1 = Butterfly<br />
|writer1 = [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Bennie Maupin]]<br />
|length1 = 7:53<br />
|title2 = Shiftless Shuffle<br />
|writer2 = Herbie Hancock, [[Paul Jackson (bassist)|Paul Jackson]], [[Harvey Mason]], [[Bill Summers (musician)|Bill Summers]]<br />
|length2 = 7:10<br />
|title3 = I Thought It Was You<br />
|writer3 = [[Jeffrey E. Cohen|Jeffrey Cohen]], Herbie Hancock, [[Melvin Ragin]]<br />
|length3 = 15:27<br />
}}<br />
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== Personnel ==<br />
* [[Herbie Hancock]] - [[Rhodes electric piano|Fender Rhodes]], [[clavinet]]; [[Oberheim polyphonic|Oberheim]], [[Sequential Circuits Prophet-5|Prophet]], [[Yamaha CS-80]] and [[Minimoog]] synthesizers; vocals, [[Sennheiser]] [[Vocoder]]<br />
* [[Webster Lewis]] - [[Hammond B-3 organ]]; Prophet, [[List of Yamaha products#Synthesizers|Yamaha CS-40]], [[ARP String Ensemble]] and Minimoog synthesizers; Fender Rhodes, backing vocals<br />
* [[Bennie Maupin]] - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, [[lyricon]]<br />
* [[Ray Obiedo]] - electric guitar<br />
* [[Paul Jackson (bassist)|Paul Jackson]] - electric bass<br />
* [[Alphonse Mouzon]] - drums<br />
* [[Bill Summers (musician)|Bill Summers]] - percussion<br />
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