Today one of the many great recordings of the always inspiring Herbie Hancock. Wikipedia tells us that "Mr Hands"is the thirtieth album by Herbie Hancock. It features Jaco Pastorius on the track "4 A.M.," plus an all-synthesizer track, "Textures," performed entirely by Hancock. (...) This album was the first on which Hancock used a computer, this time an Apple II. He would continue his relationship with Apple Computer for many years. Appearently it was an overlooked album when it was released, this would be the last outing of "straight" electric jazz from Hancock for some time. In the 90's I got to know Herbie Hancock as the every smiling keytar player, his festival performances were all over the German tv then. Later I got into his always changing music. What amazes me about Herbie is that he plays so much different music, always searching new directories and still is always recognisable in his sounds and notes. He was one of the first to perform synthesizers on stage, when they had to be patched manually. He describes it in his - by the way- very entertaining autobiography "Possibilities" when he played his Fender Rhodes which was hooked up with some more electronical stuff. Mr Rhodes himself, who came to a show was not amused about "cannibalizing" his instrument. Later versions of Fender Rhodes pianos did have jack plug-ins, so appearently he was so shocked about the transformation of his dear instrument, that he changed it so no incisions would have to made..
Just in time for International Women's Day, here's the first of a couple videos of Fred Wesley & The New JB's featuring Martha High.Think (About It) made famous by the recording of Lyn Collins, Martha always sang it with James Brown and Maceo Parker.Thank you Fred for having me on this great gig in Zurich, Switzerland! It was a pleasure.. and yeah you are right, for the connaisseurs of funk guitar, there's the one and only Bruno Speight! In the following videos the light is better and you'll see more of him, promised... stay tuned! - Today one of the many great recordings of the always inspiring Herbie Hancock.Wikipedia tells us that Mr Handsis the thirtieth album by Herbie Hancock. It features Jaco Pastorius on the track 4 A.M., plus an all-synthesizer track, Textures, performed entirely by Hancock. (...) This album was the first on which Hancock used a computer, this time an Apple II. He would continue his relationship with Apple Computer for many years. Appearently it was an overlooked album when it was released, this would be the last outing of straight electric jazz from Hancock for some time. In the 90's I got to know Herbie Hancock as the every smiling keytar player, his festival performances were all over the German tv then. Later I got into his always changing music.What amazes me about Herbie is that he plays so much different music, always searching new directories and still is always recognisable in his sounds and notes. He was one of the first to perform synthesizers on stage, when they had to be patched manually. He describes it in his - by the way- very entertaining autobiography Possibilities when he played his Fender Rhodes which was hooked up with some more electronical stuff. Mr Rhodes himself, who came to a show was not amused about cannibalizing his instrument. Later versions of Fender Rhodes pianos did have jack plug-ins, so appearently he was so shocked about the transformation of his dear instrument, that he changed it so no incisions would have to made..
