Teasing the Korean Posted April 15, 2024 Report Posted April 15, 2024 Herbie is coming to our humble hamlet in September, and Ms. TTK and I have tix. Quote
medjuck Posted April 18, 2024 Report Posted April 18, 2024 Saw him last night. Terrance Blanchard and Chris Potter part of the sextet. I thought he walked slowly at first but by end of two hour concert he was bouncing around the stage. He filled a 2,000 seat theater and wowed most of the audience (there were a few early walkouts, but the concert was part of a subscription series and unadulterated jazz probably wasn't what everyone was looking for). All the compositions were by Herbie except Footprints which he announced was written by his recently passed best friend, Wayne Shorter. Ended with some Headhunters pieces and never played Water Melon Man. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted April 19, 2024 Report Posted April 19, 2024 9 hours ago, medjuck said: Saw him last night. Terrance Blanchard and Chris Potter part of the sextet. I thought he walked slowly at first but by end of two hour concert he was bouncing around the stage. He filled a 2,000 seat theater and wowed most of the audience (there were a few early walkouts, but the concert was part of a subscription series and unadulterated jazz probably wasn't what everyone was looking for). All the compositions were by Herbie except Footprints which he announced was written by his recently passed best friend, Wayne Shorter. Ended with some Headhunters pieces and never played Water Melon Man. Was he playing a real piano until he got to the Headhunters stuff? And did he play Blow-Up? Quote
Gheorghe Posted April 19, 2024 Report Posted April 19, 2024 12 hours ago, medjuck said: Saw him last night. Terrance Blanchard and Chris Potter part of the sextet. I thought he walked slowly at first but by end of two hour concert he was bouncing around the stage. He filled a 2,000 seat theater and wowed most of the audience (there were a few early walkouts, but the concert was part of a subscription series and unadulterated jazz probably wasn't what everyone was looking for). All the compositions were by Herbie except Footprints which he announced was written by his recently passed best friend, Wayne Shorter. Ended with some Headhunters pieces and never played Water Melon Man. Oh this must have been wonderful. I love everything he does. Dont forget I grew up in the era of the transition from acoustic to electric jazz and so the most natural thing for me was to hear let´s say "Mayden Voyage" or all the stuff with Miles, Shorter and all those heros and on the other hand hear "Head Hunters" . It was the most natural thing. We dug it ALL and I still dig it all. I love him on all instruments, of course acoustic but all the keyboards too. That´s him, that´s music. Quote
medjuck Posted April 19, 2024 Report Posted April 19, 2024 3 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: Was he playing a real piano until he got to the Headhunters stuff? And did he play Blow-Up? Until he picked up the keytar off a stand he sat at a grand piano at right angles to a an electric keyboard switching between the two even within solos. Though I've seen the film several times it's been a while and I wouldn't recognize the theme from Blowup. Quote
Gheorghe Posted April 19, 2024 Report Posted April 19, 2024 5 hours ago, medjuck said: he sat at a grand piano at right angles to a an electric keyboard switching between the two even within solos. That´s how I saw him in the late 80´s with Headhunters II (Bill Evans on sax, Wah Wah Watson on guitar, Darryl Jones on bass and Ndugu Chandler on drums if I remember rite. Wonderful show. I love everything Herbie did, saw the acoustic bands of the 70´s VSOP, then in the 80´s VSOP II (with the Marsalis Brothers), everything..... Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted April 19, 2024 Report Posted April 19, 2024 7 hours ago, medjuck said: Until he picked up the keytar off a stand he sat at a grand piano at right angles to a an electric keyboard switching between the two even within solos. Though I've seen the film several times it's been a while and I wouldn't recognize the theme from Blowup. Thanks. The Bobby Hutcherson recording of "Blow Up," with Herbie on piano, is amazing. Quote
Milestones Posted April 19, 2024 Author Report Posted April 19, 2024 Oblique is a great album, and the rendition of "Blow Up" is superb. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted April 19, 2024 Report Posted April 19, 2024 40 minutes ago, Milestones said: Oblique is a great album, and the rendition of "Blow Up" is superb. Agreed. I created a Blow up playlist using the soundtrack CD (minus most of the pop tunes, except the Yardbirds) and add the Bobby Hutcherson version of the theme at the end. Quote
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