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On 24 Jun 2022: Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: #BillieEilish, #PaulMcCartney, and #KendrickLamar headline; other performers include Crowded House, #RobertPlant and Alison Krause, #NoelGallagher, Dianna Ross, #HerbieHancock, Billy Bragg, Angélique Kidjo, #Lorde, Ziggy Marley, Suzanne Vega, and Hothouse Flowers.

Herbie Hancock, My Point of View, 1963 on Blue Note

https://goatless.org/2026/05/28/herbie-hancock-my-point-of-view-1963-on-blue-note

Jazz ist für mich schon fast eine sakrale Kunstform. Das ist was für Genies, lange Nächte, zu viel Zigarettenrauch und immer auch Schmerz und elementare Emotionen. Kaum eine Figur wurde in der Geschichte des Jazz wohl so konsequent mythologisiert wie Miles Davis. Der Dokumentarfilm von Stanley Nelson Jr. versucht gar nicht erst, diesen Mythos zu zerstören. Interessanter ist, wie er ihn auseinandernimmt. Schicht für Schicht. Nicht ehrfürchtig, sondern analytisch. Und genau darin liegt der Wert dieses Films. (ARTE, Wh.)

`Miles Davis Quintet, Stockholm 1967`

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NSJtCdlhe4

#jazz #music #MilesDavis #RonCarter #WayneShorter #HerbieHancock #TonyWIlliams

Herbie Hancock, Inventions and Dimensions, 1964 on Blue Note

Hancock is joined by Paul Chambers, Willie Bobo and Chihuahua Martinez—though it’s not really what you’d call a Latin jazz album so much as post-bop or modal.

Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at his Englewood Cliffs studio.

My copy—direct from Blue Note—is the 2019 Blue Note 80 Vinyl Series reissue mastered for vinyl by Kevin Gray and pressed at Optimal Media GmbH – sounds great.

Wayne Shorter, Schizophrenia, 1969 on Blue Note

Eleventh Wayne Shorter album, with Herbie Hancock, Curtis Fuller, Ron Carter, James Spaulding, and Joe Chambers. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, with Francis Wolff producing.

This is transitional between post-bop and free jazz – looser and closer to the edge than my normal taste, but worth a listen for anyone interested in post-bop or Shorter and Hancock.

My copy as part of the Story of Blue Note Records VMP Anthology, 2024 reissue.

Following up on this...the report from Tracking Angle is correct: the long-out-of-print Mosaic version of this is, indeed, significantly better sounding, for whatever reason.

https://trackingangle.com/music/the-miles-davis-quintets-live-10-lp-masterpiece

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #MilesDavisQuintet #MilesDavis #RonCarter #HerbieHancock #WayneShorter #TonyWilliams

Continuing with the theme of how the music moved in different directions after 1970, but jumping ahead a couple of years, here's "Hidden Shadows," from Herbie Hancock's wild "Sextant" (1973).

#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackMusic
#20thCenturyMusic
#HerbieHancock (keyboards)
#BennieMaupin (reeds)
#EddieHenderson (trumpet, flugelhorn)
#JulienPriester (low brass)
#BusterWilliams (bass)
#BillieHart (drumming)
#PatrickGleason (synths)
#BuckClarke (percussion)

https://youtu.be/ohYHBwVAZgU?list=RDohYHBwVAZgU

After "Nefertiti" (1968), Miles Davis began to move away from a fully acoustic sound and toward what would be called fusion. Listen to "Tout de Suite," from "Filles de Kilimanjaro" (1968), as they make their way forward:

#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackMusic
#20thCenturyMusic
#MilesDavis (trumpet)
#HerbieHancock (electric piano)
#WayneShorter (tenor saxophone)
#RonCarter (bass guitar)
#TonyWilliams (drumming)

https://youtu.be/_11IFHgCIK8?list=RD_11IFHgCIK8

Miles Davis - The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965

Slowly working my way through this huge 10LP set of the Second Great Quintet (Miles Davis/Herbie Hancock/Wayne Shorter/Ron Carter/Tony Williams) push-push-PUSHing towards a new way of playing, namely: if you're bored with what's expected, do the opposite.

It can skirt right up to free playing, but then gets reined in...

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #MilesDavisQuintet #MilesDavis #RonCarter #HerbieHancock #WayneShorter #TonyWilliams

OK, a bit more edgy for Tuesday. From Herbie Hancock's "Crossings" (1972), listen to "Water Torture."

#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackMusic
#20thCenturyMusic
#HerbieHancock
#EddieHenderson
#BennieMaupin
#JulianPriester
#BusterWilliams
#BillieHart
#PatrickGleason

https://youtu.be/RqQ2ZB9-fsw?list=RDRqQ2ZB9-fsw

Miles Davis' second great quintet, on "Nefertiti," their last fully acoustic album. Listen to "Fall" (recorded in 1967).

#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackMusic
#MilesDavis
#HerbieHancock
#RonCarter
#WayneShorter
#TonyWilliams

https://youtu.be/BmWX1erp_u4?list=RDBmWX1erp_u4

peter chauncey’s SONG OF THE WEEK “A Search for Home (Full)”

https://peterchauncey1.bandcamp.com/track/a-search-for-home-full

#search #home #ambient #soul #DavidBowie #jazz #urban #landscape #MilesDavis #HerbieHancock #peterchauncey #johnnyjblair #willmandell #keyboards #trumpet #recording #SanFrancisco #BayArea #singersongwriter #ChimamandaNgoziAdichie

https://open.spotify.com/track/4rL06iWdtarlSqlxgU2N14?si=cwQOcECBRmimSZFozYMDpw
@classicalmusic
@jazz
#PianoConcerto
#HerbieHancock

Interested in exploring jazz? I just posted this as a reply elsewhere and will add a dedicated post. Just my 2 cents.

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Up to the 70’s it’s easy to align jazz styles to decades - there were clear stylistic shifts each decade from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. After that it’s a bit messy but let’s see. I'm not a musician, just a fan.

20’s and 30’s
Not my sweet spot really. Swing and big band, Dixieland…..Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie I guess would be places to start.

40’s - Bebop
Bebop was a “hot”, fast and frantic style. Think Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
Charlie Parker - “The Best Of The Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recodings”

50’s - Cool (or West Coast) Jazz
A reaction to bebop, Cool Jazz toned down the heat and was calmer, more composed.
Miles Davis - "Birth Of The Cool"
Gerry Mulligan - “Night Lights"

Mid-late 50’s - Hard Bop
A reaction in turn to Cool Jazz, hard bop is not as fast as bebop and is rooted in soulful rhythm and blues, gospel and blues itself. It’s generally what jazz sounds like to people who know nothing else, in a good way. I could play this stuff for hours and often do. They play the melody, then each musician takes turns to solo based on that, then they return to the melody to close.
Cannonball Adderly - "Somethin Else”
Hank Mobley - “Soul Station”
Sonny Clark - “Cool Struttin"

Special mention here for Miles Davis’ “first great quintet" (Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones). Released a string of great albums in the mid-late 50’s, four of which are from two 1-day sessions: “Workin’", “Cookin’", “Steamin’", “Relaxin’". Others include “‘Round About Midnight", plus an earlier band with “Bags Groove”.

Late 50’s - Modal Jazz
To the non-musician this is difficult to figure out, but basically its like hard bop but they solo over modes, or scales. I dunno - it generally just sounds ace. Kind Of Blue is modal, as is Miles’s album Milestones. Incidentally KoB features the single greatest cymbal crash of all time, at the beginning of So What. Brilliant album.

Late 50’s - other classics
John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps”. There's a video on YT that explains the infamous ‘Coltrane changes’ over the 2-5-1. Great album even to a non-musician.
Charles Mingus - "Mingus Ah Um” - like the man himself - bold, brash, raucous, angry.
Bill Evans - “Explorations” - brilliant piano trio - this trio blazed a new trail where the bass and drums wouldn't just be ‘walking’ behind the piano, but would effectively be improvising even as Evans is soloing.

Anything from the hard bop era is best enjoyed with a Manhattan or Dry Martini in hand. You just feel cooler with this stuff playing.

60’s - post bop
In the 60’s, hard bop evolved to be more modal and generally more abstract and edgy. Best example of this is Miles Davis’s “second great quintet" (Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams).
Miles Davis - “ESP”, “Miles Smiles”

This might be the best spot to mention Coltrane’s "A Love Supreme”. When the “greatest jazz album of all time” question comes up its generally Kind Of Blue, but ALS is alway a close second. Or even first. A totally different feel. There's a video that explains how he solos using a psalm/invocation. Charles Shaar Murray (I think) once said that he didn’t understand the ALS album but it just sounds brilliant played loud in a thunderstorm. Certainly intense. (Everything from Coltrane after this album is avant-garde and a tough listen, IMHO)

70’s - funk and fusion
Not my favorite decade. The major stylistic shift was to electric funk and fusion which started in the late 60’s. There’s some funk that’s OK…..but 70’s fusion generally leaves me stone cold.
For funk - Herbie Hancock - “Headhunters”
For fusion - I dunno, the bands would be Weather Report (“Heavy Weather”), Chick Corea’s Return To Forever, maybe Brand X “Unorthodox Behavior”.

80’s
Not great for jazz, IMHO, but one of my all-time favorite artists released his best stuff here so let’s see:
Pat Metheny Group - “Offramp”, “Travels”, “First Circle”. Sort of jazz-rock-ish with Metheny’s guitar synth a common feature.

A movement evolved that was loosely centered around Wynton Marsalis called the “Young Lions”, a sort of reaction to the electric fusion years that turned back to 60’s style acoustic post-bop. Not sure I’d recommend much here though, the 60’s stuff is better.

90’s
Another tough one. Stylistically all over the map.
Joshua Redman’s “Moodswing” from 1994 is a great straight ahead set, with four of my all-time favorite musicians - Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade.

2000’s - ECM
The German ECM label has a real vibe all its own. Not blues based at all, an often austere, icy crisp production quality. Usually introspective & mellow but can get quite avant-garde. I love a lot of what’s been released.
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - "January"
Michel Benita & Ethics - "River Silver"

2000’s - modern fusion
There’s a wave of modern fusion bands that surpass the 70’s fusion style. Snarky Puppy, Darcy James Argue, Jaga Jazzist among others.
Snarky have a great video at NPR’s Tiny Desk - the second tune has the leader teaching the audience a polyrhythm and then they play a great tune.

Another favorite band is Brian Blade’s Fellowship Band - start with “Perceptual” and “Landmarks”. A real folkloric, Americana feel.
And for modern straight-ahead, Christian McBride’s Inside Straight album “Kind Of Brown”.

2000’s - London
And finally, London has a thriving scene with an often urban, hip-hop mix.
The Comet Is Coming - see them live at NPR
Other London acts to try would include Sons Of Kemet (“Your Queen Is A Reptile” - just two drummers, a tuba and sax), Nubya Garcia (“Source”, dub-wise basslines), many others.
I also like the spiritual Alice Coltrane feel of Matthew Halsall ("Colour Yes”).

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From 2025 I am enjoying Brandee Younger's "Gadabout Season"and the Aleph Quintet's "Hiwar".

That will keep you busy. And will also help you decide whether to dive in further or just run away.

#jazz
#music
#milesdavis
#johncoltrane
#patmethenygroup
#HankMobley
#cannonballadderley
#sonnyclark
#charlesmingus
#billevans
#herbiehancock
#bradmehldau
#christianmcbride
#brianblade
#joshuaredman
#marcinwasilewski
#NubyaGarcia
#brandeeyounger
#alephquintet #MatthewHalsall

@davep I made a list with some recommendations a few years ago for a friend and will cut and paste below:

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Up to the 70’s it’s easy to align jazz styles to decades - there were clear stylistic shifts each decade from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. After that it’s a bit messy but let’s see. I'm not a musician, just a fan.

20’s and 30’s
Not my sweet spot really. Swing and big band, Dixieland…..Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie I guess would be places to start.

40’s - Bebop
Bebop was a “hot”, fast and frantic style. Think Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
Charlie Parker - “The Best Of The Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recodings”

50’s - Cool (or West Coast) Jazz
A reaction to bebop, Cool Jazz toned down the heat and was calmer, more composed.
Miles Davis - "Birth Of The Cool"
Gerry Mulligan - “Night Lights"

Mid-late 50’s - Hard Bop
A reaction in turn to Cool Jazz, hard bop is not as fast as bebop and is rooted in soulful rhythm and blues, gospel and blues itself. It’s generally what jazz sounds like to people who know nothing else, in a good way. I could play this stuff for hours and often do. They play the melody, then each musician takes turns to solo based on that, then they return to the melody to close.
Cannonball Adderly - "Somethin Else”
Hank Mobley - “Soul Station”
Sonny Clark - “Cool Struttin"

Special mention here for Miles Davis’ “first great quintet" (Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones). Released a string of great albums in the mid-late 50’s, four of which are from two 1-day sessions: “Workin’", “Cookin’", “Steamin’", “Relaxin’". Others include “‘Round About Midnight", plus an earlier band with “Bags Groove”.

Late 50’s - Modal Jazz
To the non-musician this is difficult to figure out, but basically its like hard bop but they solo over modes, or scales. I dunno - it generally just sounds ace. Kind Of Blue is modal, as is Miles’s album Milestones. Incidentally KoB features the single greatest cymbal crash of all time, at the beginning of So What. Brilliant album.

Late 50’s - other classics
John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps”. There's a video on YT that explains the infamous ‘Coltrane changes’ over the 2-5-1. Great album even to a non-musician.
Charles Mingus - "Mingus Ah Um” - like the man himself - bold, brash, raucous, angry.
Bill Evans - “Explorations” - brilliant piano trio - this trio blazed a new trail where the bass and drums wouldn't just be ‘walking’ behind the piano, but would effectively be improvising even as Evans is soloing.

Anything from the hard bop era is best enjoyed with a Manhattan or Dry Martini in hand. You just feel cooler with this stuff playing.

60’s - post bop
In the 60’s, hard bop evolved to be more modal and generally more abstract and edgy. Best example of this is Miles Davis’s “second great quintet" (Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams).
Miles Davis - “ESP”, “Miles Smiles”

This might be the best spot to mention Coltrane’s "A Love Supreme”. When the “greatest jazz album of all time” question comes up its generally Kind Of Blue, but ALS is alway a close second. Or even first. A totally different feel. There's a video that explains how he solos using a psalm/invocation. Charles Shaar Murray (I think) once said that he didn’t understand the ALS album but it just sounds brilliant played loud in a thunderstorm. Certainly intense. (Everything from Coltrane after this album is avant-garde and a tough listen, IMHO)

70’s - funk and fusion
Not my favorite decade. The major stylistic shift was to electric funk and fusion which started in the late 60’s. There’s some funk that’s OK…..but 70’s fusion generally leaves me stone cold.
For funk - Herbie Hancock - “Headhunters”
For fusion - I dunno, the bands would be Weather Report (“Heavy Weather”), Chick Corea’s Return To Forever, maybe Brand X “Unorthodox Behavior”.

80’s
Not great for jazz, IMHO, but one of my all-time favorite artists released his best stuff here so let’s see:
Pat Metheny Group - “Offramp”, “Travels”, “First Circle”. Sort of jazz-rock-ish with Metheny’s guitar synth a common feature.

A movement evolved that was loosely centered around Wynton Marsalis called the “Young Lions”, a sort of reaction to the electric fusion years that turned back to 60’s style acoustic post-bop. Not sure I’d recommend much here though, the 60’s stuff is better.

90’s
Another tough one. Stylistically all over the map.
Joshua Redman’s “Moodswing” from 1994 is a great straight ahead set, with four of my all-time favorite musicians - Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade.

2000’s - ECM
The German ECM label has a real vibe all its own. Not blues based at all, an often austere, icy crisp production quality. Usually introspective & mellow but can get quite avant-garde. I love a lot of what’s been released.
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - "January"
Michel Benita & Ethics - "River Silver"

2000’s - modern fusion
There’s a wave of modern fusion bands that surpass the 70’s fusion style. Snarky Puppy, Darcy James Argue, Jaga Jazzist among others.
Snarky have a great video at NPR’s Tiny Desk - the second tune has the leader teaching the audience a polyrhythm and then they play a great tune.

Another favorite band is Brian Blade’s Fellowship Band - start with “Perceptual”. A real folkloric, Americana feel.
And for modern straight-ahead, Christian McBride’s Inside Straight album “Kind Of Brown”.

2000’s - London
And finally, London has a thriving scene with an often urban, hip-hop mix.
The Comet Is Coming - see them live at NPR
Other London acts to try would include Sons Of Kemet (“Your Queen Is A Reptile” - just two drummers, a tuba and sax), Nubya Garcia (“Source”, dub-wise basslines), many others.
I also like the spiritual Alice Coltrane feel of Matthew Halsall ("Colour Yes”).

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From 2025 I am enjoying Brandee Younger's "Gadabout Season"and the Aleph Quintet's "Hiwar".

That will keep you busy. And will also help you decide whether to dive in further or just run away.

#jazz #music #milesdavis #johncoltrane #patmethenygroup #HankMobley #cannonballadderley #sonnyclark #charlesmingus #billevans #herbiehancock #bradmehldau #christianmcbride #brianblade #joshuaredman #marcinwasilewski #NubyaGarcia #brandeeyounger #alephquintet

Morgan accompanied by Herbie Hancock, Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins, Hank Mobley and Larry Ridley. Very enjoyable album.

Lee Morgan - Cornbread

(2019 – Worldwide, Tone Poet, Stereo 180 Gram, Blue Note – B0029911-01, BST 84222)

#nowplaying #nowspinning #jazz #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #hardbop #HankMobley #leemorgan #billyhiggins #herbiehancock #jackiemclean #bluenote #tonepoet

https://www.tumblr.com/singeratlarge/786111627356438528/peter-chaunceys-track-of-the-week-a-search-for?source=share

#search #home #ambient #jazz #instrumental #urban #landscape #comtemplative #MilesDavis #HerbieHancock #peterchauncey #johnnyjblair #willmandell #keyboards #trumpet #recording #SanFrancisco #BayArea #InASilentWay

peter chauncey’s TRACK OF THE WEEK: “A Search for Home”

https://peterchauncey1.bandcamp.com/track/a-search-for-home-instrumental

#search #home #ambient #jazz #instrumental #urban #landscape #comtemplative #MilesDavis #HerbieHancock #peterchauncey #johnnyjblair #willmandell #keyboards #trumpet #recording #SanFrancisco #BayArea #InASilentWay

Lee Morgan - Cornbread

Given this was recorded in '65, it starts off sounding more "late 60s" to me, for some reason.

Morgan, here, is joined by Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Herbie Hancock (piano), Jackie McLean (alto sax), Larry Ridley (bass), and Billy Higgins (drums). The set is four Morgan tunes and one standard (Ill Wind). Ceora is, indeed, a standout.

#nowplaying #vinyl #LeeMorgan #jazz #bop #HankMobley #HerbieHancock #JackieMcLean #LarryRidley #BillyHiggins

Bennie Maupin - "The Jewel In The Lotus" 🪷 (1981)

This features Bill Summers on water-filled garbage can.

#NowPlaying #BennieMaupin #HerbieHancock #BillyHart #BusterWilliams #ECMRecords #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBJenJIJrq0y6jbdkPq8Fa7RFDOl7s3gV&si=se_-IsiWm6jxV9yT

Real vs Fake bokeh is always interesting…

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #hardbop #DonaldByrd #HerbieHancock #ButchWarren #BillyHiggins #PepperAdams

Donald Byrd - Royal Flush

I guess it's 1961-day here.

An enjoyable hard bop session, and Herbie Hancock's Blue Note debut, accompanying Byrd (trumpet), Butch Warren (bass), Billy Higgins (drums), and Pepper Adams (sax).

Nice, un-limited remaster has that distinct RvG sound (including putting Hancock's piano in a cardboard box).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #hardbop #DonaldByrd #HerbieHancock #ButchWarren #BillyHiggins #PepperAdams

Herbie Hancock - "Crossings" (1972)

#NowPlaying #HerbieHancock #BennieMaupin #EddieHenderson #JulianPriester #BusterWilliams #BillyHart #jazz #vinyl #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

https://youtu.be/z3Bf8G9cGL8?si=Q3Ye1hDKD7t960eE

@jazz

Herbie Hancock – piano
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock

Paul Chambers – bass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chambers

Willie Bobo – drums, timbales
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bobo

Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez – percussion (congas, bongos, guiro and finger cymbal)

"Inventions & Dimensions"
(Blue Note Records 1963)
https://songwhip.com/herbie-hancock/inventions-and-dimensions

#nowlistening #jazz #music #JazzMusic #LatinJazz
#HerbieHancock
#PaulChambers
#WillieBobo
#OsvaldoChihuahuaMartinez

Herbie Hancock & Michael Brecker en concert le 11 juillet 1988 à la Grande Parade du Jazz de Nice

Michael Brecker (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Buster Williams (b), Al Foster (dr)

#jazz #podcast #francemusique :
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/les-legendes-du-jazz/herbie-hancock-michael-brecker-en-concert-le-11-juillet-1988-a-la-grande-parade-du-jazz-de-nice-1752625

#MichaelBrecker #HerbieHancock #BusterWilliams #AlFoster

Herbie Hancock en concert le 10 juillet 1987 à la Grande Parade du Jazz de Nice

Herbie Hancock (p), Buster Williams (b), Al Foster (dr)

#jazz #podcast #francemusique :
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/les-legendes-du-jazz/herbie-hancock-en-concert-le-10-juillet-1987-a-la-grande-parade-du-jazz-de-nice-8978120

#HerbieHancock #BusterWilliams #AlFoster

Minor Key . Net Playlist 6/17/23

https://www.minorkey.net/minor-key-playlists/minor-key-net-playlist-6-17-23

#JaschaHeifetz #BostonSymphonyOrchestra #CharlesMunch #AncaVasileCaraman #ArtBlakey #TheJazzMessengers #LeeMorgan #JymieMerritt #BobbyTimmons #WayneShorter #WalterDavis #GrachanMoncurIII #HerbieHancock #CecilMcBee #TonyWilliams #DonaldByrd #HankMobley #GrantGreen #ChuckIsraels #HilaryHahn #Hauschka #IronAndWine #JMascis

#ClassicalMusic #Jazz #IndieMusic #NowPlaying #playlist #violin #violinist #piano #JazzMusic #NowListening #Playlists