All are presented here in their entirety, with copious notes by bob blumenthal, who interviewed hancock for. Williams even led the group in occasional sessions of buddhist chanting. Herbie hancock is still breaking rules the new york times. Lifetime was the cornerstone band of jazzrock fusionand its also the reason i wear a hearing aid now. Kwaku alston as a popcultured child of the 1980s, until recently the extent of my herbie hancock awareness was sadly limited to his crossover hit rockit. Putting mwandishi hancocks african name in the title of this collection was sort of misleading. The title track that begins side 2, however, with its electric touches and hancock on electric piano, approximates that mwandishi sound. Herbie hancockmwandishi lpantarctica starts here vinyl. Apr 14, 2014 the book is ostensibly about pianist herbie hancock and his sextets mwandishi perioda freejazz, electronicsheavy evolution of the hardbop group he formed in 1968but it really uses hancocks story to show how musicians adapt to changing technology, new musical ideas and greater cultural identities. If you want to funny books, lots of novels, tale, jokes, and more. These two cds include three lps from 1969 to 1972, one of herbie hancocks most creative periods. Music movies tv comedy games books drink politics travel tech. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and gen.
Herbie hancock and mwandishi in molde 1971 youtube. Crossings is the tenth album by jazz pianist herbie hancock, released in 1972. I can hear elements of mwandishi as well as head hunters in this score, there are a couple tracks on the death wish soundtrack that also sound very similar to what one can hear on this soundtrack. This is a nod to the need to connect with people by the use of a popular musician and catchy soundtrack. Get there herbie hancock and the mwandishi band if you ally infatuation such a referred youll know when you get there herbie hancock and the mwandishi band ebook that will have enough money you worth, get the entirely best seller from us currently from several preferred authors. Antarctica starts here after releasing their warner bros. In the 1970s, hancock experimented with jazz fusion, funk. I had assumed this was the complete collection of herbies incredible avant fusion sextet confusingly enough, also called mwandishi. Herbie, fully buddhist jazz great herbie hancocks journey into buddhism began in 1972 with a lifealtering bass solo.
Oct 19, 2015 pianist herbert jeffrey herbie hancock is an american pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer. Herbie hancock is still breaking rules the 79yearold pianist and composer talks about admiring kendrick lamar, making a new album, and calling jazz an international not just an american. May 16, 2019 herbie hancock mwandishi 19712015 flac tracks 24 bit192 khz time 45. In 1972, herbie hancocks mwandishi band were joined by patrick gleeson, a white schoolteacher with a monophonic synthesizer that took up a whole room and had to be prepared for recording sessions a week in advance. Marissa dodge examines this pivotal album which expanded the ideas explored in miles davis bitches brew. Hancock, a onetime a member of miles davis band in the 1960s, was influenced by miles usage of electronics in some of his later 1960searly 70s columbia recordings see in a silent way. Herbie hancock the mwandishi trilogy progressive rock. The kind of music i had been playing before, with a band that we now call the mwandishi band, was very farout space music, untethered. This new phase in hancocks career was inspired by a. From the mwandishi period on afrofuturism imagery has been a main stay on hancocks albums including. Herbert jeffrey hancock born april 12, 1940 is an american pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor. Info for mwandishi remastered with the formation of his great electric sextet, herbie hancocks music took off into outer and inner space, starting with the landmark mwandishi album recorded in a single session on new years eve.
Lists with mwandishi by herbie hancock album, jazz fusion. Interview by valerie reiss herbie hancock photo credit. Mwandishi, along with fat albert rotunda and crossings, was reissued in one set as mwandishi. Herbie hancock warner warner label jazz cd, lp essential set that brings together all of herbies key transitional recordings for warner brothers. As soon as you start veering away from that, the solidity that you need in order to be able to stand up for what you believe in and deliver whats really inside, its just not going to be there. The result is a melange of old world meets new world. Herbie hancock mwandishi 19712015 flac tracks 24 bit192 khz time 45. Over the course of a year, every member was replaced except herbie hancock himself and bassist buster williams and each adopted swahili names. It is the second album in his mwandishi period, which saw him experimenting in electronics. But before his success on columbia records, he laid the cornerstone with 3 recordings done with warner brothers. This approach would play an even larger role on crossings, the pianists final album for warner bros. Recordings 19942016 official digital download 24bit192khz published may 11, 2018 herbie hancock mwandishi the complete warner bros. The group were among the pioneers bringing synthesizers in jazz and improvisation, and were in operation from 197073. Download and donkey books online, epub pdf online audible kindle is an easy way to broadcast, books for company.
Herbie hancock scribd read books, audiobooks, and more. Mwandishi december 1970 the funky minute ostinato and the laidback tenminute youll know when you get there by comparison, julian priesters 21minute wandering spirit song was a wild beast, spanning both free jazz and fusion jazz. Mwandishi is the ninth album by jazz pianist herbie hancock, released in 1971. Pond bio herbie hancock must have felt great when he and his group, the headhunters, gave a live performance of their hit song chameleon on the weekly television show soul train, airing september 28, 1974. Ever the gadgeteer, herbie plays with electronic effects devices reverb units, stereo tremelo, and echoplex which all lead his music into spacier, openended directions very much influenced. The earliest album, fat albert rotunda, features a fine sextet highlighted by tenor saxophonist joe henderson, like hancock a master at maintaining strong rhythmic grooves while stretching outward. Herbie hancock really utilizes synthesizers to create a eerie atmosphere, he also uses what sound like tapes of funk vamps played in reverse. Herbie hancock mwandishi lp antarctica starts here. Front cover this release includes herbie hancocks music from 19691971 for the warner brothers label, released originally as three albums, one of herbie hancocks most creative periods. Youll know when you get there herbie hancock and the. On mwandishi, hancock features a hearty blend of jazz, funk, african rhythms and electronica. Thrust 1974, magic windows 1981, head hunters 1973, future shock 1983, flood 1975, manchild 1975 dis is da drum 1994, and the solid steel interview 2002, which appears to be venetianblindlike collage of hancocks.
Stephen erlewine, in a retrospective summary for allmusic, said, head hunters still sounds fresh and vital three decades. The three albums presented here all offer different sides of hancock. Tracks 17 on disc one are taken from fat albert rotunda ws 1834 1970. My masters thesis on herbie hancocks mwandishi band nick. Discount prices on books by herbie hancock, including titles like reaching beyond. List of albums, where hancock appears as sideman album year artist status royal flush. Such excellent stuff that ive been listening to a lot of late. Crossings was the second release by the herbie hancock sextet lineup known as the mwandishi band, following 1971s mwandishi which stretched hancock s alreadyadventurous writing and expanded the music through postproduction. A blog supreme lately, improvising pianist and electronic musician bob gluck has been obsessed with mwandishi, hancocks electroacoustic jazz.
The discography of the american jazz artist herbie hancock consists of fortyone studio albums, twelve live albums, sixtytwo compilation albums, five soundtrack albums, thirtyeight physical singles, nine promo singles and four songs not released as singles, but that charted due to downloads. This album is one of hancocks first departures from the traditional idioms of jazz, as well as the beginning of an original and creative style which eventually appealed to a wider audience, e. Herbie hancock is perhaps the greatest living jazz musician certainly in the top 5 and one of the all time greats, in my opinion up there with miles. The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. In 1974, herbie hancock won a grammy award for his groundbreaking head hunters recording. Hancocks attention to tone and texture resulted in his musicians alternating between different instruments. Compiles the three albums herbie recorded for warner in the 70s in one double cd set. This page lists appearances of american jazz musician herbie hancock as a sideman in recordings of other artists that includes also the year of recordings if the albums were released at least two years later. Back in 1965, when i turned that yardley cologne jingle into the song maiden voyage, i discovered something about writing music. Im a little sad that it took me so long to really explore herbie hancocks work in my progressive journey, i always lag well behind others after years of mostly leaving music behind due to to a. I enjoyed the book and liked his first hand perspective on the jazz scene from the early 60s to the present, of course concentrating on those earlier days and the fusion era. Herbie hancock called his 1970 lp, mwandishi his favorite record of all the records i have ever made, and the loosest ive ever done. Hancock, maupin, buster williams, and billy hart all appear on it, but its a very different sound.
In addition, mwandishi was hancocks attempt at continuing the musical principles and styles he explored in his previous experiences with miles davis, e. French radio broadcast great quality of herbie and the mwandishi group in full free experimental mode performing in nice, france, on july 21 1971. It is one of hancocks first departures from the traditional idioms of jazz as well as the onset of a new, creative and original style which produced an appeal to a wider audience, before his 1973 album, head hunters. Hancock chose the moniker mwandishi meaning composer, and the sextet became unofficially known as the mwandishi band. Starting his career with donald byrd, he shortly thereafter joined the miles davis quintet where hancock.
Story of herbie hancock and the mwandishi band to be. The album is the bands first to feature new member, synthesizer player patrick gleeson. Herbie, james, michael, damita jo, and jazzfunk steven f. Mwandishi is the swahili name adopted by hancock in the late 1960s, and later named his sextet accordingly. How abandoning his greatest band paved the way for music immortality pianist herbie hancock was at a crossroads by the fall of 1973. Views dates here watch herbies austin city limits performance herbies brandnew memoir. Herbie hancock mwandishi live in nice 1971 youtube. Herbie hancock and the mwandishi band is a welcome addition to the slowly growing bodies of scholarly literature on both post1967 electric jazz and on iconic bands and recording projects. Herbie hancock and mwandishi live in tivoli, copenhagen. In addition, mwandishi was hancocks attempt at continuing the musical principles and styles he. Tracks 89 on disc one and track 1 on disc two are taken from mwandishi ws 1898 1971. New york journal of books revelations come thick and fast in this terrific pageturner. The book is ostensibly about pianist herbie hancock and his sextets mwandishi perioda freejazz, electronicsheavy evolution of the hardbop group he formed in 1968but it really uses hancock s story to show how musicians adapt to changing technology, new musical ideas and greater cultural identities.
This new phase in hancocks career was inspired by a desire to. Although he didnt play on bitches brew in 1969, hancock was obviously very influenced by that album. Herbie hancockcrossings lpantarctica starts here vinyl. Herbie hancock books list of books by herbie hancock. Hancock formed the headhunters, keeping only maupin from the sextet and adding bassist paul jackson, percussionist bill summers, and drummer harvey mason. All songs composed by herbie hancock except where noted. Apr 18, 2017 music movies tv comedy games books drink politics travel tech. Ostinato is a straightahead uptempo exploration of the remnants of bitches brew. The album head hunters 1973 was a hit, crossing over to pop audiences but criticized within his jazz audience. In addition, end page 219 gluck takes a step towards filling a mighty gap in jazz scholarshipbiographical and analytic research on herbie hancock. Herbie hancock the spook who sat by the door vinyl discogs.
Quintet hancock, freddie hubbard, wayne shorter, ron carter and tony williams, the mwandishi band. Herbie hancock mwandishi 19712015 official digital. Mwandishi is perhaps herbie hancocks best fusion album prior to head hunters. Herbie started his years for the label playing in a more straightahead funky style with perennial sample fave recordings like wiggle waggle, fat mama, and tell me a bedtime story. There is a reunion of the mwandishi sextet band on herbies live v. With each new record i wanted to jump off the cliff. At that time he was a veteran band leader, and experienced the ups and downs of what that title meant for a jazz group in the 1970s. The three albums presented here all offer different sides of hancock after he left miles davis. As part of miles daviss second great quintet, hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the postbop sound. The book is ostensibly about pianist herbie hancock and his sextets mwandishi perioda freejazz, electronicsheavy evolution of the hardbop group he formed in 1968but it really uses hancocks story to show how musicians adapt to changing technology, new musical ideas and greater cultural identities. None can argue that herbie hancocks blue note recordings are mostly jazz milestones, the somewhat overlooked warner bros. Tracks 17 on disc one are taken from fat albert rotunda ws 1834 1969. Herbie hancock is an american pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer.