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5 days ago · Mr. Hands is also notable for a number of reasons: it was Hancock’s landmark 30th album, it featured all five members of the original Headhunters quintet, it included an all-synthesizer track and bassist Jaco Pastorius played on the track “4 A.M.”
3 days ago · The late ’70s into the early ’80s saw Hancock strut into the disco craze with four more albums for Columbia: Feets, Don’t Fail Me Now (1979), Monster (1980), Mr. Hands (1980) and Magic Windows (1981). Also in 1981, he would refresh his acoustic jazz roots, recording a trio record with his former Miles Davis bandmates Ron Carter and Tony ...
2 days ago · Herbie Hancock is an artist whose musical contributions to the world can be seen and heard seemingly everywhere, from his beginnings with Donald Byrd to his time in Miles Davis' Second Great...
4 days ago · From his early days as the bassist for Pat Metheny’s trio to his watershed years with the fusion powerhouse Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius continued to amaze audiences with his wildly acrobatic technique, luminous tone, and punchy articulation.
4 days ago · Herbie Hancock’s famous “Watermelon Man” composition made its first appearance on his 1962 debut solo album Takin’ Off. “In reflecting my childhood,” the pianist stated in its liner notes, “I recalled the cry of the watermelon man making his rounds through the back streets and alleys of Chicago’s south side. The wheels of his ...
1 day ago · Herbie Hancock: Oct 1 at Massey Hall. Kings of Leon, Phantogram: Oct 1 at Ontario Place Ampitheatre. Mk.Gee: Oct 1 at History. Julien Baker: Oct 1-2 at Concert Hall. Billie Eilish: Oct 1-2 at Raptors/Leafs Arena. Marcos Valle: Oct 2 at Opera House. Exceedingly rare appearance by this now-80-year-old bossa nova legend.
4 days ago · Bass icon Herbie Flowers, best known for his thick, jazzy-style bass tone on tracks like Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side and David Bowie's Space Oddity, died on September 5 at the age of 86. The news was confirmed on Facebook by a close relative.
