MEDIUM Vinyl Record WEIGHT 2 x 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm CONDITION sealed COVER Gatefold CONDITION COVER M mint SERIALNUMBER No LIMITED Yes MISCELLANEOUS Stereo, Deluxe Version, Insert COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE herbiehancock.com
Herbie Hancock - piano
Michael Brecker - tenor sax, soprano sax
John Scofield - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric sitar
Dave Holland - acoustic bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums, electric percussion
Don Alias - percussion
new york minute - 8:35
mercy street - 8:36
norwegian wood (this bird has flown) - 8:07
when can i see you - 6:17
you've got it bad girl - 7:15
love is stronger than pride - 8:00
scarborough fair - 8:24
thieves in the temple - 7:33
all apologies - 5:08
manhattan (island of lights and love) - 4:06
your gold teeth II - 5:14
On first glance this record would not seem to have much promise from a jazz standpoint
Herbie Hancock performs a set of tunes which include numbers from the likes of Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, Sade, Paul Simon, Prince, the Beatles ("Norwegian Wood") and Kurt Cobain
However by adding vamps, reharmonizing the chord structures, sometimes quickly discarding the melodies and utilizing an all-star band, Hancock was able to transform the potentially unrewarding music into creative jazz
Hancock, who sticks to acoustic piano, shows that he is still in prime form, taking quite a few fiery solos
With Michael Brecker on tenor and surprisingly effective soprano, guitarist John Scofield, bassist Dave Holland, drummer Jack DeJohnette and percussionist Don Alias (along with an occasional horn or string section that was dubbed in later), the results are often quite hard-swinging and certainly never predictable
Although it is doubtful that any of these songs will ever become a jazz standard, Herbie Hancock has successfully created a memorable set of 'new' music
Well worth investigating
RECORDING 1995 at the Manhattan Center Studios, New York and Signet Sound West Hollywood, CA ENGINEERING Joel Moss, John Pace RE MASTERING Bob Ludwig LABEL Verve RE RELEASED 2019 AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5 PRESSING by Pallas MADE IN South Korea / Germany STYLE Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop AVAILABLE as long as inventory
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