Herbie Hancock

[MartyJazz]

I have an excellent trio album CD, naturally THE TRIO, Herbie, Ron & Tony that was done in '77 for CBS Sony. Don't know how easy it is to find. The contents are:

1/ Watch It (H. Hancock) 12.24

2/ Speak Like A Child (H. Hancock) 13.04

3/ Watcha Waitin For (H. Hancock) 6.19

4/ Look (H. Hancock) 7.40

5/ Milestones (M. Davis) 6.38

Produced by David Rubinson

Recorded at THE AUTOMATT, San Francisco, July 13, 1977

Herbie Hancock : acoustic piano; Ron Carter : bass; Tony Williams : drums.

1977 - (LP)

1992 - Sony Records (Japan), SRCS 7051 (CD)

As a sideman in a quartet setting with more space to play due to a lack of horns, I would of course recommend the two Bobby Hutcherson mid-'60s Blue Note sessions, HAPPENINGS and OBLIQUE. Can't hardly go wrong there.

[Rooster_Ties]

I have an excellent trio album CD, naturally THE TRIO, Herbie, Ron & Tony that was done in '77 for CBS Sony. Don't know how easy it is to find. The contents are:

1/ Watch It (H. Hancock) 12.24

2/ Speak Like A Child (H. Hancock) 13.04

3/ Watcha Waitin For (H. Hancock) 6.19

4/ Look (H. Hancock) 7.40

5/ Milestones (M. Davis) 6.38

Produced by David Rubinson

Recorded at THE AUTOMATT, San Francisco, July 13, 1977

Herbie Hancock : acoustic piano; Ron Carter : bass; Tony Williams : drums.

1977 - (LP)

1992 - Sony Records (Japan), SRCS 7051 (CD)

I have this on CD (Japanese), and think it's one of THE very best things I've heard from Herbie, post-1970. Really a fine album, and well worth seeking out.

( Got mine used from somebody here on this board, for which I am still very thankful. )

[Noj]

I would definitely pick up the Headhunters record.

I like Thrust better than Headhunters.

Guy

I like Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Brothers Recordings better than both of them.

[Rooster_Ties]

I would definitely pick up the Headhunters record.

I like Thrust better than Headhunters.

Guy

I like Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Brothers Recordings better than both of them.

Me too.

But I like Eddie Henderson's first two two dates on Capricorn (with nearly the complete Mwandishi group, including Herbie), even better than Herbie's own Mwandishi recordings.

[jazzbo]

11 cd tree of the Hancock-Shorter-Holland-Blade material! (Subscription now closed).

http://www.miles-trees.org/HSHB04/index.cf...r_av&artID=2525

[ASNL77]

I have 'The Complete Blue Note Sixties sessions' (6 CDs) and this is one of the best purchases I've ever made. Great sound, superb music, well written booklet with some nice photos. A must have for me!

[Guy Berger]

I would definitely pick up the Headhunters record.

I like Thrust better than Headhunters.

Guy

I like Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Brothers Recordings better than both of them.

Yup. Sextant on Columbia/Sony is also excellent.

Guy

[king ubu]

I would definitely pick up the Headhunters record.

I like Thrust better than Headhunters.

Guy

I like Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Brothers Recordings better than both of them.

Yup. Sextant on Columbia/Sony is also excellent.

Guy

I like Sextant even better than the two Eddie Henderson albums, although I haven't heard those two...

Further, on "Sextant" Herbie plays a Grand Piano, too, which is what this thread is about, no?

ubu

[MartyJazz]

I have 'The Complete Blue Note Sixties sessions' (6 CDs) and this is one of the best purchases I've ever made. Great sound, superb music, well written booklet with some nice photos. A must have for me!

Totally agree, in fact I listened to Disc 5 today (the SPEAK LIKE A CHILD session) which I found thoroughly enjoyable particularly the 3 takes including the master of "Riot". Wonderful to hear how a piece can evolve into a slice of perfection.

[GregK]

That Blue Note box is one of the best collections of music that I've ever heard. Strong from beginning to end. It was very revealing to me when I bought it, having only known Herbie's work from the 80s electric stuff (ick!) and the Miles quintet. Hearing the Blue Note years, with his sideman work and his own tunes, was eye-opening to me

[Guest akanalog]

though i am listening to a live hancock performance from 10/18/74 right now, i am not too crazy about herbie's funk albums. however, i find his pre-headhunters electric albums to be incredible. to me "sextant", not "thrust" or one of the later ones, is the real funky stuff. and the mwandisihi albums blow my mind as well. great musicians playing interesting and forward thinking music. i would say eddie hendersons "realization" album is on par with "sextant" almost. i love the phased drum sound.

for some reasons, hancock's blue notes have a quality which i don't find in other BN pianist like horace silver. besides "takin' off", the man was always forward thinking. "the prisoner" and "emperyean isles" blow my mind every time also. even "my point of view" avoids sounding formulaic.

[Guest akanalog]

i remember there was that site darkfunk. not sure if it is still up, but to me, "sextant" along with something like "dark magus"-that is DARK FUNK. and herbie's came out first too!

[LAL]

I have 'The Complete Blue Note Sixties sessions' (6 CDs) and this is one of the best purchases I've ever made. Great sound, superb music, well written booklet with some nice photos. A must have for me!

Totally agree, in fact I listened to Disc 5 today (the SPEAK LIKE A CHILD session) which I found thoroughly enjoyable particularly the 3 takes including the master of "Riot". Wonderful to hear how a piece can evolve into a slice of perfection.

Absolutely. Got it only last week and listened to all 6 discs in one sitting, which I've never done before with box sets. Empyrean Isles, Maiden Voyage and Speak Like A Child are IMO some of the best modern jazz albums ever made.

[wesbed]

My Herbie Hancock mood continues.

I just realized the session with Hancock, Mobley, Donald Byrd, Butch Warren, and Philly Joe Jones is spread across three Mobley albums: NO ROOM FOR SQUARES, THE TURNAROUND!, and STRAIGHT NO FILTER. I've got the Hancock sessions from all three CDs programmed into my CD player. It's like I have a new Mobley album, HERBIE AND HANK.

[Alon Marcus]

One of my favorite piano duos is Herbie with Chick Corea. They both play acoustic pianos on the albums recorded.

[Degiorgio]

if you liked THE PIANO don't overlook the Japanese only album DEDICATION from '74. Side One is entirely solo acoustic piano versions of Maiden Voyage and Dolphin Dance. Immaculately recorded too.

KD

[mrjazzman]

Takin' Off because of Dexter Gordon.........