| Herbie Hancock on the passing of jazz legend Oscar Peterson...Herbie Hancock nominated for three GRAMMYs including Album of the Year...Herbie Hancock Remix Contest...Star Herbie Hancock Tribute Concert...Preview Herbie's Latest Album "River: The Joni Letters" At LiveDaily.Site updates, tour schedules, news and much more!Herbie Hancock aimed to dissect the lyrics of some of Joni Mitchell's most famous songs.Instead of the instruments accompanying the lyrics, Hancock and producer Larry Klein arranged the music to interpret or express the emotions of the lyrics, all while keeping the melodies Mitchell fans know and love.Herbie Hancock: An IntroductionHerbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music.There are few artists in the music industry who have gained more respect and cast more influence than Herbie Hancock.As the immortal Miles Davis said in his autobiography, "Herbie was the step after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven't heard anybody yet who has come after him."The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia.Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz pianist and composer.Later, he was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk."Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man" (later performed by dozens of musicians, including bandleader Mongo Santamaria), "Maiden Voyage", "Chameleon", and the single "Rockit" .Early life and career
2 Miles Davis quintet and Blue Note
3 Fat Albert and Mwandishi
4 Head Hunters and Death Wish
5 Back to the Basics: VSOP and the Future Shock
6 1990s and later
7 Discography
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8.His talent was recognized early, and he played the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No.Chicago Symphony at age eleven.Lo's, I started picking that stuff out; my ear was happening.He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally.Grinnell awarded Hancock an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree in 1972).The pianist quickly earned a reputation, and played subsequent sessions with Oliver Nelson and Phil Woods."Watermelon Man" (from Takin' Off) was to provide Mongo Santamaria with a hit single, but crucially Takin' Off was to catch the attention of Miles Davis, who was at that time assembling a new band.Miles Davis's "second great quintet."This quintet is often regarded as one of the finest jazz ensembles, and the rhythm section has been especially praised for its innovation and flexibility.His albums Empyrean Isles (1964) and Maiden Voyage (1965) were to be two of the most famous and influential jazz LPs of the sixties, winning praise for both their innovation and accessibility (the latter demonstrated by the subsequent enormous popularity of the Maiden Voyage title track as a jazz standard, and by the jazz rap group US3 having a hit single with "Cantaloupe Island" from Empyrean Isles some twenty five years later).Empyrean Isles featured the Davis rhythm section of Hancock, Carter and Williams with the addition of Freddie Hubbard on cornet, while Maiden Voyage also added former Davis saxophonist George Coleman (and had Freddie Hubbard on trumpet).Inventions and Dimensions was an album of almost entirely improvised music, teaming Hancock with bassist Paul Chambers and two Latin percussionists, Willie Bobo and Osvaldo Martinez.During this period, Hancock also composed the score to Michelangelo Antonioni's film Blowup which was to be the first of many soundtracks he would record in his career.Davis had begun incorporating elements of rock and popular music into his recordings by the end of Hancock's tenure with the band.In the summer of 1968, Hancock left Davis's band to form his own sextet, although he was formally kicked out under the pretext that he was late coming back from a honeymoon in Brazil.Fat Albert and Mwandishi
Hancock left Blue Note in 1969, signing up with Warner Bros.Quincy Jones album, "Sounds...The sextet, later a septet with the addition of Gleeson, made three experimental albums under Hancock's name: Mwandishi (1971), Crossings (1972) (both on Warner Bros.Records), and Sextant (1973) (released on Columbia Records); two more, Realization and Inside Out, were recorded under Henderson's name with essentially the same personnel.On Crossings (as well as on I Sing the Body Electric), the synthesizer is used more as an improvisatory global orchestration device than as a strictly melodic instrument.An early review of Crossings in Downbeat magazine complained about the synthesizer, but a few years later the magazine noted in a cover story on Gleeson that he was "a pioneer" in the field of electronics in jazz.On Sextant Gleeson used the more compact ARP synthesizers instead of the larger Moog III for both studio and live performances.Swahili name Hancock sometimes used during this era (Mwandishi is Swahili for writer).CD set Mwandishi: the Complete Warner Bros."Hornets" was later revised on the 2001 album Future2Future as "Virtual Hornets."Among the instruments Hancock and Gleeson used were Fender Rhodes piano, ARP Odyssey, ARP 2600, ARP Pro Soloist Synthesizer, a Mellotron and the Moog III.Fat Albert Rotunda, Mwandishi, and Crossings, were remastered in 2001 and released in Europe but were not released in the U.Head Hunters and Death Wish
See also: The Headhunters
After the sometimes "airy" and decidedly experimental "Mwandishi" albums, Hancock was eager to perform more "earthy" and "funky" music.He explained that he loved funk music, especially Sly Stone's music, so he wanted to try to make funk himself.Mason was replaced by Mike Clark, and the band released a second album, Thrust, the following year.The record has since been released on CD in Japan.The Headhunters made another successful album (called "Survival of the Fittest") without Hancock, while Hancock himself started to make even more commercial albums, often featuring members of the band, but no longer billed as The Headhunters.The Headhunters reunited with Hancock in 1998 for Return of the Headhunters, and a version of the band (featuring Jackson and Clark) continues to play live and record.In 1973, Hancock composed his second masterful soundtrack to the controversial film The Spook Who Sat By The Door.Then in 1974, Hancock also composed the soundtrack to the film Death Wish.Wayne Shorter duet album 1 + 1.Back to the Basics: VSOP and the Future Shock
During late 1970s and early 1980s, Hancock toured with his "V.Miles Davis quintet except Davis, who was replaced by trumpet giant Freddie Hubbard.He also released a solo acoustic piano album titled The Piano (1978), which, like so many Hancock albums at the time, was initially released only in Japan.It was finally released in the US in 2004.US, such as Dedication (1974), VSOP: Tempest at the Colosseum (1977), and Direct Step (1978).Live Under the Sky was a VSOP album remastered for the US in 2004, and included an entire second concert from the July 1979 tour.Feets, Don't Fail Me Now, which gave him another UK hit in "You Bet Your Love."Hancock plays alone with the help of computers.The video was a hit on MTV.This single ushered in a collaboration with noted bassist and producer Bill Laswell.System (1984) and Perfect Machine (1988).Hancock's level of actual contribution to these albums was also questioned, with some critics contending that the Laswell albums should have been labelled "Bill Laswell featuring Herbie Hancock."Rock School (not to be confused with the most recent Gene Simmons' Rock School series).In 1986, Hancock performed and acted in the film 'Round Midnight.Often he would write music for TV commercials.Child to Quartet has yet to be remastered.Some albums, made and initially released in the US, were remastered between 1999 and 2001 in other countries such as Magic Windows and Monster.West, such as The Piano.Arts Festival on June 12th, 2005.After leaving Columbia, Hancock took a break.In 1991, three years after Perfect Machine was released, his mentor Miles Davis, died.Along with friends Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, and Davis admirer Wallace Roney, they recorded A Tribute to Miles which was released in 1994.The album won a Grammy for best group album.He also toured with Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland and Pat Metheny in 1990 on their Parallel Realities tour, which included a memorable performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 1990.Hancock's next album, Dis Is Da Drum released in 1994 saw him return to Acid Jazz.Ira Gershwin standards by Hancock and a plethora of guest stars including Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell and Shorter.The threesome then toured together, and have toured on and off through 2005.In 2006, Possibilities was nominated for Grammy awards in two categories: "A Song For You," featuring Christina Aguilera was nominated in the Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals category, and "Gelo No Montanha," featuring Trey Anastasio on guitar was nominated in the Best Pop Instrumental Performance category.Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones converse at the Grammy Foundation's Starry Night Honoring Quincy Jones on July 28, 2007 at the UCLA Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California.However, this lineup did not consist of any of the original Headhunters musicians.The group included Marcus Miller, Terri Lyne Carrington, Lionel Loueke and John Mayer.The Essential Herbie Hancock.Herbie's work at Warner Bros.Mitchell herself also made an appearance.The album was released on September 25, simultaneously with the release of Mitchell's album Shine.Problems playing the files?"Herbie Hancock", Grove Music Online, ed.Andre Mayer (June 18, 2007).Key figure: An interview with jazz legend Herbie Hancock.This page was last modified 23:27, 8 January 2008.Sorry, the page you're trying to reach is unavailable or the page may no longer exist.Click your browser's Refresh button to try reconnecting.Click here to return to the MSN Entertainment home page or click this link for help."Herbie Hancock on MSN Music";s.Too many keywords can constrain your search.If you want to specify which of your search terms should match the author's name and which should match the title, you should conduct an Advanced Search.Visit our Help department.Sign in to get personalized recommendations.Your search did not match any products.Too many keywords can constrain your search.View or change your orders in Your Account.Visit our Help department.My Point Of View (1963)
This time, Hank Mobley's on sax and Don Byrd plays trumpet.Empyrean Isles (1964)
Now, this experiment with group improvisation paid off.Beautifully undercomposed and underarranged, a worthy successor to
Kind Of Blue.Freddie Hubbard on cornet, and Tony Williams (drums) and Ron Carter
(bass) from Davis' band.The musicians chase each other across the
sparse sonic landscape, ending up with four long, haunting tunes."Survival
of the Fittest" is just as good, with high drama, a playful Hancock solo
and a furious drum solo courtesy of Williams.It's a concept album,
actually, with each tune related to a different aspect of marine
life.The personnel is the same as the last record, plus George
Coleman on tenor sax; Hubbard plays his usual trumpet.Thad Jones (flugelhorn),
Peter Phillips (bass trombone) and Jerry Dodgion (alto flute).One of the mellowest listening experiences in Hancock's
oeuvre: it's pleasant and sophisticated without being particularly cathartic, except for Carter's boisterous "First Trip."The band is focused and forceful, with Henderson
contributing a particularly fine solo on the title song, and though all the tracks run at least seven minutes or longer, none
are overlong.All the tunes is by Hancock, except for "Firewater," by Buster Williams, and they're solid band vehicles
but not as distinctive or hummable as his best work.Fat Albert Rotunda (1970)
Composed for the Bill Cosby show Fat Albert.Hancock
leaves most of the soloing to others, anchoring most of the pieces with
electric piano grooves.This album and the two following have been
collected on a 2 CD set called The Complete Warner Bros
Recordings.Mostly a sextet featuring Joe Henderson on sax and
Buster Williams on bass, although two of the funk tracks have Eric Gale
on lead guitar and a bunch of other people.Mwandishi (1971)
A live record consisting of three long compositions.Hancock pulled off so effortlessly in the 60s (notably on Empyrean Isles).Hancock ("Sleeping Giant") and two long tunes by
Maupin ("Quasar," "Water Torture").The Sextet remains the same, but
Dr.Patrick Gleason is added on synthesizer, and he sounds like he's
escaped from a 50's horror flick.Maupin's "Quasar" is so atmospheric, meterless and chordless I honestly
can't hear anything particularly musical about it.Hancock's earlier work, or
the earthy funk of his later work.The band is Paul Jackson on
electric bass, Harvey Mason on drums, Bill Summers on all kinds of
percussion (including a beer bottle), and Bennie Maupin on a variety of
woodwinds."Palm Grease" is built on a fine groove set up by Jackson and new drummer Mike Clark, but Hancock can't figure out anything interesting to say about it, and his endlessly
swooping Arp lines get dull after a while.Stevie Wonder guests on
harmonica, but seems unable to figure out the loping groove
"Steppin' In It," and doesn't perform up to his usual standard.Flood (1975)
A live record recorded in Japan.Child but not nearly as good."Swamp Rat") and mellow stylings ("People Music"), but it's all obvious and uncatchy ("Doin' It," with some simplistic vocals).The remake of "Canteloupe Island" exemplifies the project: a classic jazz composition diluted into a mediocre, repetitive funk tune.And for all the synth tracks, there's almost nothing novel or
interesting going on, just lots of whooshing and bleating...The rhythm section sets the table,
but there's nothing to eat.The band is largely unchanged, but Ray Parker Jr.It's fun, but
somehow there's an aura of nostalgia over everything that makes the
performances seem canned...Not to mention that some of the fusion material isn't worthy of presentation in the first
place (an endless take on "Spider").The Quintet, a far
better album recorded the same year with the Davis rhythm section.The Herbie Hancock Trio (1977)
It seems like during this period, the acoustic jazz releases were only
coming out in Japan."Speak Like A Child" is much more aggressive than the original, and includes a striking, lengthy solo from the leader.Most of the material is new, though, and even the less interesting compositions are enlivened by the boundless enthusiasm of the players ("Watcha Waitin' For," with a Carter solo that's simultaneously elegant and earthy).Sunlight (1978)
Essentially Hancock's first venture into pop, with some disco tunes featuring Hancock's vocoder stylings (the painful
"I Thought It Was You").Jaco Pastorius, Williams, and
Gleason.However, there are a couple of bright spots: if you're in the mood for playful light funk a la Patrice Rushen, the uptempo "Tell Everybody" and the sticky
"Honey From The Jar" will do the trick.Lots of guests again, including
Washington, Sheila E.Hands (1981)
The band this time around is most of the Headhunters, plus guests Carter
and Williams, Jaco Pastorius,
and Sheila E.Magic Windows (1981)
A pop album with Parker, Sheila E.Monk compositions, some of Hancock's biggest
hits ("The Sorceror," "Eye Of The Hurricane"), a standard they'd
recorded with Davis back in 1963 ("I Fall In Love Too Easily"), and
two each by Ron Carter and Tony Williams.Although still a rookie, Marsalis holds his
own, displaying the quiet confidence that later led him to make his
famous pronouncements about what jazz is and isn't.Hancock uses vocoder on a few tracks, but his contribution is
generally confined to brief, unilluminating solos ("The Bomb").Patti Austin
contributes some backing vocals, and Patrice
Rushen adds vocoder.Bill Laswell and
keyboardist Mike Beinhorn, and they incorporated hip hop scratching and
attitude into
Hancock's electronic fusion sound.The result was the hugely
influential "Rockit!""Autodrive" is fun, though, with Herbie
playing some terrific real piano.Guest appearances by reggae great Sly
Dunbar and Latin percussion virtuoso Daniel Ponce.Ponce, plus
frequent Laswell collaborator Ayb Dieng, and Nicky Skopelitis returns to
his usual guitar after being confined to vocals on Future Shock.Hancock and Wayne Shorter go
acoustic on "Karabali") but overall it's a formulaic, cynical offering
for the whole family to avoid.Given all the talent on
hand, it's surprising how dull this album is.As often happens with Laswell, he's so busy imprinting his sound
onto the record that the leader is shoved aside.The rest of the tracks
(including the single "Vibe Alive") sound like they were made up in
the studio with the meter running, and they repeat endlessly.It's certainly more
entertaining than Perfect Machine, but for me what's appealing
about acid jazz is the simplicity of the backing track, and all the
layers of percussion here are just distracting.Other guests
include the return of Wah Wah Watson and Bennie Maupin from the Sextet,
but they're only here in a supporting role.Don Henley ("New York Minute") and others.Prince ballad "Thieves In
The Temple," redone as bluesy funk.Hancock's continual invention step for step.African
percussion on several tunes ("It Ain't Necessarily So"), where it sounds
surprisingly natural.Future2Future (2001)
The kind of music you'd hear in a power yoga class where the teacher is trying too hard to impress you...Hancock mostly confines himself to atmospheric synth washes and occasional noodling, leaving so much
open space the disc often has a New Age feel, though a couple of tunes are so singleminded and simpleminded they manage to be actively annoying
("Alphabeta").Swift's turntable prowess, and Karsh Kale's drum programming on "Ionosphere" is unusual and rousing.Possibilities (2005)
The latest attempt to recreate Santana's magic "Old Legend Meets Young Charttoppers" formula,
with a ton of guests singing while Hancock's somewhere in the background.Santana himself drops by
on "Safiatou," also with Angelique Kidjo.River: The Joni Letters (2007)
A tribute to Joni Mitchell, and the second album in a row dedicated to the questionable proposition that people buy Herbie Hancock records because they want to listen to pop singers: for example, Norah Jones bringing far too much faux boho bravado to "Court And Spark."Unlike on Possibilities, though, Hancock exerts himself enough to reharmonize and reconstruct the tunes, in some cases going so far they become unrecognizeable ("Both Sides Now").There are also a few bonus tracks you may or may not get depending on where you buy the disc ("Harlem In Havana").Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.This video has been added to your favorites.The video has been added to your playlist.This video will appear on your blog shortly.Thank you for flagging this video.Thank you for sharing your concerns.We can only process copyright complaints submitted by authorized parties in accordance with processes defined in law.There may be significant legal penalties for false notices.In order to process a privacy complaint we need more information from you.Change this to see only comments above a certain value.Vinnie, check out Brian Bromberg's Downright Upright, some of the funkiest playing you'll ever hear.Does any of you know the model and name of Vinnies drumkit,,not the one on this video, but the White one ?He uses a gretsch, but its his own custom model.Herbie Hancock, Omar Hakim....Happy 67th Birthday Herbie!Important Note:
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or notes that come into this site.Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music.Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while still maintaining his unique, unmistakable voice.With an illustrious career spanning five decades, he continues to amaze audiences and never ceases to expand the public's vision of what music, particularly jazz, is all about today.He has attained an enviable balance of commercial and artistic success, arriving at a point in his career where he ventures into every new project motivated purely by the desire to expand the boundaries of his creativity.There are few artists in the music industry who have gained more respect and cast more influence than Herbie Hancock.As the immortal Miles Davis said in his autobiography, "Herbie was the step after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven't heard anybody yet who has come after him."Thrust) signaled once and for all that Herbie Hancock would not be pigeonholed or categorized.Not content to travel one creative path, Herbie also stayed close to his love of acoustic jazz in the 70s.He recorded and performed with VSOP (a reunification of the 60s Miles Davis Quintet, substituting the great Freddie Hubbard for Davis), with various trios and quartets under his own name, and in duet settings with fellow pianists Chick Corea and Oscar Peterson.Once again, Herbie Hancock had blazed a new path for younger musicians to follow.During this time, he composed the soundtracks for a number of other films including Colors, Jo Jo Dancer, Action Jackson and Harlem Nights.Numerous television appearances over the years led to two hosting assignments in the 1980s.US3 sampled a classic Blue Note side, "Cantaloupe Island," for a track called "Cantaloop" which became a huge international hit for Herbie's old label.The track went Top 20 in a number of countries and was licensed countless times for TV commercials and promos, leading to the resurrection of many great Herbie Hancock tracks throughout the decade.Herbie signed to the Polygram Label Group in 1994.But the crowning achievement of Herbie Hancock's Verve years thus far has been Gershwin's World.Recorded and released in 1998, this masterwork brought artists from all over the musical spectrum together in a celebration of George Gershwin and his entire artistic milieu.Vocal Performance for Stevie Wonder's "St.The entire music world celebrated this album as one of the very finest in Herbie Hancock's incomparable career.TV, concert events and the Internet.Joss Stone and Damien Rice.Headhunters ensemble with a host of notable names such as guitarists John Mayer and Lionel Loueke, bassist Marcus Miller, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, trumpeter Roy Hargrove and percussionist Munyungo Jackson to play a number of concert dates in the summer.Herbie Hancock also maintains a thriving career outside the performing stage and recording studio.Now in the fifth decade of his professional life, Herbie Hancock remains where he has always been: in the forefront of world culture, technology, business and music.Though one can't track exactly where he will go next, he is sure to leave his own inimitable creative style and imprint wherever he lands.Thanks for the friendship.Hi Herbie, thanks for the add, U are a great jazz pianist and yr duet with Christina aguilera was magnificient.Blessed Love 2008 New Year!!Thanks so much for the add and welcome to my site.Hi Herbie, thanks for the add...Wish you great music and marvellous 2008!Hi Herbie,Thank You for adding me to your friends!!Best Wishes in the New Year!!Could I get you on one of her TRACKS)???Thank you very much for adding me.Retrouvez la sur notre site tac tac...Hi,Thank you for accepting my invitation.All the best to you in 2008and the years to come.AND OTHER HITS OFF THE TITLED ALBUM MJN!SO GET YOUR TICKETS OR RESERVE A TABLE, LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE...Its a pleasure to invite You to our special showcase: February Second at the Neuro Science Institute.We hope You can join us to celebrate a new century of classical endeavor!Hancock :)Just the best from Berlin.All the best from Malaga.Hi Herbie Hancock,Thank you for adding me...In order to become a man of knowledge one must be a warrior.Thank you for the add Herbie When I think of Jazz I think of Herbie Hancock.When I think of Jazz, Herbie Hancock is at the top of the list.Do you wish to continue your form submission?"Id + " Link: " + targetLink. |
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