Slog - Comments on On Hancock http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_82 To get to the substance of Herbie Hancock's style (and the Hancock I have in mind is the one before the 70s--the real Hancock) one must hear it dialectically. What he resolves, subsumes, picks up, cancels out is the opposition between a father and a son, between Bud Powell and Bill Evans. Powell's playing expressed force, will, strength; Evan's expressed beauty, sensitivity, delicacy. Not that Powell had none of his son's defining qualities ("Parisian Thoroughfare" is one of the most beautiful and precious compositions in the jazz canon); and nor did Evan's lack all the force of his father, as... Copyright 2008 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:05:00 -0800 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:36:20 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by opalescent arcs On the contrary, Hancock gets really interesting in the '70s, with Sextant, Mwandishi, , Crossings, Thrust, etc. He opened up to electronics with more gusto than almost any other jazz musician, and doing so added kaleidoscopic colors to his already multi-hued tone palette. In the '70s, Hancock became both funkier and more cosmic, and in the process he helped to expand jazz's horizons.

One can enjoy his '60s work and his later explorations; it doesn't have to be an either/or proposition.

]]> opalescent arcs http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_82#c481439 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_82#c481439 Music Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:37:41 -0800 Comment by opalescent arcs Add Head Hunters to that litany, too.

]]> opalescent arcs http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_82#c481440 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_82#c481440 Music Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:39:29 -0800 Comment by fan of joe zawinul Back in the late 80s, I saw Herbie Hancock on the street and told him I really liked his work.

]]> fan of joe zawinul http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_82#c481482 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_82#c481482 Music Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:36:20 -0800