Audiophile Clear Vinyl is made using the highest quality co-polymer available and processed without any carbon additive in order to dramatically reduce the “electrical distortion” often found on records. For his third album Inventions and Dimensions Herbie Hancock changed course dramatically. Instead of recording another multifaceted album like My Point of View he explored a Latin-inflected variation of post-bop with a small quartet. Hancock is the main harmonic focus of the music -- his three colleagues are bassist Paul Chambers drummer Willie Bobo and percussionist Osvaldo “Chihuahua” Martinez who plays conga and bongo. Hancock has created an improvisational atmosphere where the rhythms are fluid and the chords harmonies and melodies are unexpected. On every song but one the melodies and chords were improvised with Hancock’s harmonic ideas arising from the rhythms during the recording. The result is risky unpredictable music that is intensely cerebral and quite satisfying. Inventions and Dimensions displays his willingness to experiment and illustrates that his playing is reaching new idiosyncratic heights. (allmusic)

Side A:
1. Succotash
2. Triangle
Side B:
1. Jack Rabbit
2. Mimosa
3. A Jump Ahead