In January 1970, “Blue Note” label released “The Prisoner”, the seventh Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded in April 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Personnel:

• Herbie Hancock – acoustic and electric piano
• Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone, alto flute
• Johnny Coles – flugelhorn
• Garnett Brown – trombone
• Tony Studd – bass trombone 
• Jack Jeffers – bass trombone
• Hubert Laws – flute
• Jerome Richardson – bass clarinet, flute
• Romeo Penque – bass clarinet
• Buster Williams – bass
• Tootie Heath – drums
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Herbie Hancock, except where noted.

• I Have a Dream
• The Prisoner
• Firewater – C. B. Williams
• He Who Lives in Fear
• Promise of the Sun