Herbie Hanc0ck
 

oh my fucking god!!! i cant believe this guy doesnt have a thread.... or one that i could find....

yeah so, watermelon man, chamelion.... what else you guys like???

yeah i know, stupid title, i cant be fuc ked changing it.....

Um, I've only heard watermelon man, and he's usually classified as Jazz, but I never thought of him as such. Maybe because I've only heard one song and whichever song was the first rap song to win an award for MTV.

Yeah, the crossover stuff he's done (Watermelon Man, Chameleon, rockit etc.) is just the tip of the iceberg that is his musical career. He is most definitely a jazz legend.

he is a genius, takin off is one of my favourite jazz albums. when he went fusion he did some great stuff as well

I like him, a very bold musician, his music has progressed greatly over the past 30 or so years.

Yeah, Head Hunters has some funky tunes on it.

I can`t listen to Rockit anymore without picturing Ronaldinho doing some fancy trick.

I adore Herbie's style. He combines traditional jazz with groovy stuff so well that it just makes you smile. One of my favourite live shows is the one where he was grouped with Jack deJohnette, Dave Holland and Pat Metheny. Truly remarkable show.

wow! i need to get that - can you give me the name of the album?

I've only heard a moderate amount of his stuff, what I've heard is great, although I hear he's kinda sold out (or maybe just decreased in quality) in the past 20-30 years. Anyway, good stuff by him would include his being with Miles Davis throughout the 60's, he played in the second great Miles quintet (with Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, and Tony Williams), and stayed with him into his fusion years (Bitches Brew, In a Silent Way, etc., although he's joined by other keyboard/piano players on these albums, namely Joe Zawinul and Chick Corea). Of his work under his own name, my favorites are Maiden Voyage and Mwandishi.

im not sure in herbie is on bitches brew

ill have to check though

Damn, you're right. He's not on the regular versions of either Silent Way or Bitches Brew, I thought he was because I have the complete version of Bitches Brew, which features him on a couple takes. He is on a Tribute to Jack Johnson, Live-Evil, and On the Corner, though, maybe a couple others.

I want this album-GERSHWIN`S WORLD
 

I`m from Bulgaria and here I can`t find this album GERSHWIN`S WORLD .I find the first albums,too.
If somone have it,please help me...I love his music ,and I want this album.




My adress is:
35 Vasil Drumev
Shumen
Bulgaria


THANK YOU!

I just found out yesterday that my music teacher use to tour with Herbie Han**** and how in India they met Mick Jagger!!! how ****ing sweet is that!

Cantaloupe Island is one of the most smooth jazz songs I have listened to. It just has a groove that can't be beat.

I just saw Han**** touring with Lionel Loueke, Nathan East and Vinnie Colaiuta in May. That was seriously the best concert I have ever ever been too. Songs came mainly from Maiden Voyage, Head Hunters and his new album. After that I became convinced that Colaiuta is the greatest drummer ever.

Is that your mailing address? I'm a little confused to say the least.

Cool man the best is ROckit

Herbie Hanc0ck
 

Noticed the lack of a Herbie Han**** thread. He deserves one as many already know. Never mind it was under c0ck.


I would say hes one of my favorite Jazz composers, up there with only a few others. Thrust, Head Hunters, and Maiden Voyage are all I have heard but I am slowly expanding on that.

EDIT: Will A mod please fix the bleeped out words.

The best simply... Oh Oh da da Oh Oh da da oh da Oh da da Yooop
thats umm watermelon man yaaa

I intend to get into some jazz soon (going through a bit of a post-punk blitz at the moment) and when I do I'm gonna start with this guy. Of what I've heard he is an amazing composer.

All I've got is his latest album River, the one which comprises mostly of duets, and it was one of my favourite albums of 2007 - such wonderfully laid back and smooth vibes to the whole thing. This track in particular is pure gold;



I'll definitely be hunting down a few more works of his in future and going from, 'cos frankly my collection of jazz (of all kinds) is pathetic.

Ya bro you def gotta get Headhunters.

The only albums I have by Herbie Hancock are Thrust and Future Shock. Both are really good and very different from each other.

Hah I was just about to be a wise ass and deny you but I checked for myself and you're right he's absent. Its just Chick, Zawinul and Larry Young.

A very good Jazz Funk version of Watermelon man can be found here.

I became a musician because my dad was a Miles fan. Herbie was one of his favorite artists and he always had HH albums and tapes in the house. I found Thrust in my dad's collection one day and the rest was history for me. I was hooked. His 70s electric period was amazing. I found out he was the first platinum-selling jazz artist with the Headhunters album and was the most successful of the fusion artists from Mile's fusion stable at that time.

Unfortunately Chameleon has been done to death by so many bad jazz bands it's cliche to play it in public now

I still like to listen to Herbie every now and then, though

This guy is EXCELLENT. I have two of his albums a workmate gave me on a usb stick; 'Sunlight' (1977) & 'Future Shock' (1983). I think 'Sunlight' is the better of the two and I love the cheesy vocoder vocals - it reminds me of Neil Young's 'Trans' album (which I also love). I cant wait to hear more of his stuff but not sure where to go next, any recommendations??

This Has Always Been My Favourite Track- It's Just Awesome!

Cool video thanks for posting, shame how its cut short at 3 mins (original song is over 8 mins long).

Sorted!! :laughing:

"Come Running to Me" is my fave of of Sunlight. It's actually kind of a semi-standard now. I've heard several bands cover it.

Cheers man!

SUN LIGHT!!! Corny but one of the best synth albums ever! Dedication is also a great album. Sextent is one more.

I havent heard Dedication or Sextent yet, I agree Sunlight is excellent and Ive never been bored of it yet.
Ill need to check out the albums you mentioned.

Also since Ive gotten into Jazz in the past few months ago, ive noticed that although Im still very much into all the usual Rock music I started out on,
my current interest (especially the cds I purchased this month) have been 'plagued' (which is probably an inappropriate word) by Jazz.

I have over 20 of Miles Davis' albums now and also I really like Pat Metheny who is a Jazz guitarist (amongst others).

There are loads more jazz artists im into/own albums of (I only mentioned my 2 favourite at the moment) but cant be bothered to list them all right now :laughing: