Herbie Hancock jams with his Fairlight CMI

[conall1234]

1:31 is SNooooooooooooOOOOOOP!

[gogiza218]

COOL！

[dedpxl]

This is amazing

[kevinyomofo]

Herbie Hancock could the coolest man alive

[pesanze]

The 25 people disliking this need to...... well to just go fuck themselves

[cbmuzik]

@pesanze

they were probably disliking Quincy Jones...not Herbie.

[BboyJuNg]

I was actually diggin the sound at 1:30...gave me that flylo feel

[kinstube]

N!!!!CE

[fsol13]

People who like the synth patch at 0:30 should check out Bob Seger - Shakedown, same tone.

[VintageSoundsNumber1]

About the part he (Herbie) starts playing around 2:40 on the synthesizer, while the Fairlight CMI plays the program : has it ever been issued as a proper song, back then; or was it just an improvisation that he did with Quincy Jones, just for that specific TV program...?? If it had been issued as a song, what was the title, please...??

[h2bememokakook]

@VintageSoundsNumber1

I think he's just going with the flow..

[VintageSoundsNumber1]

@h2bememokakook

Yeah...That's also what I was thinking first...I wish it was issued as a proper song,though...Thanks for the confirmation,anyways...

[mocheez13]

@VintageSoundsNumber1 What he plays actually sounds like his keyboard solo on "Rock It"…

[Popchpop]

POOOTIEEE TANGGGGG DONE IT AGAIN!!!!!

[01BleachTheSky]

Cool!

[sweding101]

SHUT UP QUINCY you dinlo...

[sweding101]

Herbie was good but I Uncle is better because, one (he's my uncle) and two (its multi ethnic)But he was, the man, hence hasn't released a good watermelon in years.

[chaoabordo]

Amazing! 

[SHOJMPR42]

If Herbie had invented the internet it would work a lot better

[vjazz]

amazing footage genius , beautiful, rich! 

[FSK1138]

i saw this when i was a kid-- it blew my mind - i had a vic 20 at the time

[birdwatchman]

Saw this on tv a long Time ago. Good to See it here again. Tuns.

[burmanmusic]

2:43 What a groove..

[keesimo]

Synth Heaven

[synchronoise71]

Herbie could jam with an empty tin of beans and a stick and it would still be the funkiest, sickest thing you ever heard . . .

[Asianbeard]

awesome. Just awesome.

[Ori0n1975]

Is that heaven? Look at all those synths. *drool*

[RalfLippold]

Technology is just another tool - can be used for bad or good (timeless words by Herbie Hancock) #singularityu

[snooters]

When he starts playing the keyboard it reminds me of Autodrive.

[crazysean1218]

wtf that beat at 2:12 is sick!!! Just goes to show how far ahead herbie/quincy were. 

[fooloof]

Minimoog chillin in the background underneath the clock.

[princevidscom]

purunga pride!

[boogiemovies]

herbie & quincy Masters !



[swagLilBallin11]

Whoever Disliked This They Think Rebirth By Lil Wayne Was A Classic

[SpaceRitual]

The future is now!

[MrCHRISCASH]

AMAZINGGGGGGGGG!



[intrsoul]

glorious - thank you so much for posting this

[pashdj1]

who's the idiot that doesn't like this video!

[ProfessaKA0S]

this is so sweet

[SkanlessBeatz]

honestly if you disliked this... you have NO musical taste, NO musical knowledge, and you should just kill urself

[TaterPoon]

This is good stuff.

[BillieJean900]

23 peoples who dislked this should be banned from the internet :D

[silentbob45]

Fuck Kanye

[mocheez13]

Wow! He invented Timbaland's style back in 1984!!!

[Renneskid]

@mocheez13 LMFAO!

[avivaben]

What synth is Herbie playing, starting here 2:38

?

[pauleypauleypauley]

decadent



[CJTheMaestro]

this was the start of step sequencing....the first fl studio, reason

[SodamIonYat]

@CJTheMaestro Thats exactly It. This shows alot of the people (pure hardware) that like to insult the software side of music production that alot of their musical inspirations were also using similar tools.

[Straessers]

Wow the fairlight CMI !!!!

All this instruments there at this time costs so much that you can buy a big house, ... today you need one simple PC and some software.

but the old (real) synths sounds much much better ....

[sim196music]

This piece of footage comes from a documentary called" we love quincy" and was broadcast on channel 4 in the uk in 1984. It was 2 hours long and also featured the recording of ya mo be there and loads of other stuff with michael jackson etc, would love to get a copy of yhe programme.

[MrDavyh4]

@sim196music yeah please if anyone has a copy of this would they mind uploading it or do a copy for me. Would love to see all of this documentary.

[Worldmusicrevolution]

just beautiful

[finnr]

try here at m e g a u p l o a d . com / d=5btrzgrc

[blacknuyorican]

Awesome footage! I need the DVD of this documentary asap

[jackottmar]

I very rarely comment on youtube but I have to say both these guys are amazing and it's so good to see Herbie jamming a little and the camaraderie they have together.

[TheAmuseum]

best video on youtube. analog heaven.

[MrAharvey13]

this video is one of the most incredible displays of talent i have ever seen in my life...inspiring

[D8N4L]

lol, the 80's fruity loops

[puppydust]

Aww yeah! This video made my day

[henniebogan1]

"the axe can be a tool to slaugter your neighbor" hahaaaha

[henniebogan1]

all that gear fills up a room now they have it all possible in a laptop

[LinxAudio]

@henniebogan1 on a phone even! Literally! There is now a Fairlight app for the iphone!

[hwoodj20]

23 people got slaughtered by that ax (or should be...)

[pesanze]

This is a fucking groove!

[strugglebuggietv]

Quincy Jones in the studio geekin' out with Herbie Hancock...Classic!

[Mr3ff]

Hahahah, if you transcribe the audio not only does it translate some of the synth to "gold" but at 0:53 is pure gold:

"i am is a national park"

[Mr3ff]

@Mr3ff "this is a program insurers would ever presenter people to use people treat you right you notice it to another tool the way the way in excess of two mexican beer too to to cut wood to build a house a ritual too slow your neighbour they said they saw this as a career assorted really hurt people's here's the interfere with their lives there could be a a tool to make a good man and i sending"

[mindstormsabrewin]

@Mr3ff So true.

[matzomaniac]

these cats are cool!

[BlakeBrownTV]

the only thing that ive seen that compares to this is scott storch doing a similar thing. search scott storch and youll see what i mean.

[Isachori]

FL STUDIO 1

[CnQuiZ]

Herbie is the grooviest keyboardist ever

[TheGkwtbboy]

OH MY GOD I LOVE HIM

[tehpr0lol]

i see literally every awesome keyboard/ synth from that period in that room.

[wado1942]

Yeah, I definitely know a lot of painful moments in music because of sampling. There's also been some very cool stuff too.

[feartactics]

Nice jam. Was it ever released?

[deaxbor]

define cool: herbe and quincy makin beats

[jimmy08LTFC]

Oh wow what a video so glad i found this....GOLD!!!!!

[Netm8kr]

Two giants of the music world as we know it. Having a moment to revel in the technological advances of that day. But what Herbie said then, still applies today. We just have more "tools" in our toolboxes now. I can only imagine what music would sound like now, if they had "current" tech then... Dope video.

Peace... Netm8kr

[dsonbass]

pro tool's granddaddy lol..... this is hot tho

[funkmastermoon]

master class . . two giants telling it as it was..

[MegaHeyheyhey10]

One of the best synth players ever the dislike button is the most retarded button created lol

[missfunkyflyy]

This is great! Thank you for sharing!

[SHOJMPR42]

Herbie Hancock is the Einstein of music.

[dj2bklyn]

I missed the days when I used to do this for fun myself the same thing they did except it wasn't on a fairlight I wish it was lol

[gowrishan]

whoa! this b4 showbiz got to them... so relaxed and happy :)

[arcapadine]

@solartongue fuck your filthy mother you sonoma bitch. everyone has the right to opinion you shit head i pee on your grandmother glasses you blackcock celebrator.

[shebainlove]

21 people have no clue what is happening here... pure genius!

[Gunrunna78]

Q was getting his drink on in the studio.....haha!

[lannear]

LOL @ "the African blood" at 5:21

[Ningirsutyr]

Hancock's insight on people blaming the machines for modern music and his views on the use of technology as an instrument is great..

[nedmano]

modern mainstream music is shit compare to this...

[djspesh82]

These men are awesome

[torontoBluejays87]

Take that crap music! Herbie is the man!

[luigim91]

this is not Fairlight CMI, but Rhodes Chroma. Only the drum & percussion sound comes from the Fairlight. Herbie plays the Chroma.

[Batterybat]

@luigim91 stop trying to confuse people butt cheese

[IVirOrfeo]

Where is this generation's Herbie?

[PhatsouL87]

THIS MAN IS SICK!!!

[stagesixx]

Quincy's reaction looks like it's the first time he ever saw a sampler.

[EvanStill]

@stagesixx Well the Fairlight was one of the first samplers. if we don't count the mellotron. This was state of the art back then, such state that Quincy did the right thing and let a talent like Herbie introduce it to him. To call the Fairlight CMI only a sampler wouldn't do it justice though. You can add synthesis to anything you sample. Later there was the Synclavier (Frank Zappa, Philip Glass, Stevie Wonder). Did about the same thing only much more compact. Good luck.

[synchronoise71]

Herbie Hancock got me hooked on electronic music (the rockit). enhance my life 10fold . . . . respect

[RalfLippold]

Artists are really the innovators of the #Future - Thanks Herbie :-)

[armorcp5]

video on web is the true timemachine

[armorcp5]

Awsome footage

[chrishooper68]

5:08

"These instruments were designed for people to use... for "People" to use..."

Amen to that, brotha ♪♫☺♪♫

[wtfbollos]

JAM @ 2:30 :D

[0RobinHood1]

Where can I download this documentary in full version?

[Sohah]

Dangerous Combination!

[wtfbollos]

what great footage! quincy is god btw

[ahahafjka]

i regret i have but one thumbs up to give this video...this is truly awesome

[buminbeer2]

Man, a few hundred thousand in equipment there, the CMI alone was about 100-125K maxed out and a lot of the other keys are in the 5-10K range. My first keyboard was a Juno 106 new and it was, $1,200 or more in 1984. Nothing sounds like those analog keyboards in this digital age, not even close. My state of the art Fantom can't emulate those sounds correctly, man the good 'ol days :)

[langwoodnawfwest]

id you dislike this,they should send you to guantanamo bay

[r0berito]

Touch screens in 1984? Herbie really was ahead of his time...

[DesPlante]

@r0berito Not exactly touch screens like today's... They used a light-pen, a very old device for CRTs and character displays. Way before Xerox Parc-Place developed Smalltalk with the windows metaphor and the mouse... (shit, I'm getting old, I feel like my grandpa!) :)

[funkulankula]

I can smell the electronics in that room.. mmsniff..

[RobKuyper]

this isgreat inspiration !

[STRUMICH]

...it doesn't program itself. Yet...

Haha

[andyoliver]

this is the best thing ive seen in my whole life

[Bootlem]

This is fucking dope as hell.

[euanmitchell2008]

awesome

[niftman]

That tune he played should have been an opening theme to some show ..something like Miami Vice ;)

[RalfLippold]

Amazing what these guys bring out of plain electric signals:-)

Met HerbieHancock back in 1997 in Dresden when he played with WayneShorter at the "Tonne" - a most energizing concert!

[RalfLippold]

Awesome - music and arts is where innovation of comes through first. Can you see the AppleII and the early version of an iPad?

Amazing how long it takes to emerge out of these special "safe containers" to mainstream business;-)

So glad to have visited the Open Door at Semperoper here in Dresden, where one could get the sense of innovation creativity especially in the training of the ballet team:-)

[shawnrudiman]

this is absolutely spectacular. you can see the happiness happening there. thata perfect moment. its awe inspiring. two inspirational people doing and having incredible amounts of fun and making things that havent been made before.

this is the essense of the future. even 2 decades later. i bow my head to this segment.

[kreukmi]

genius 

[j2822jy]

just like fl studio 

[Aztec1011]

hahaha, 'sophisticated technology' all right sick shit

[FilmerRing]

History in the making right here! Now I have to check out the entire doc.

[optikCB]

Two of the top legends in the same room droppin crazy knowledge on a classic piece of synth history.... too much to handle, think my brain is going to explode

[JeremyForest]

These two are legendary musicians and producers of modern music! All from Chicago and major influences!

[wendileona]

5:48 "A synth can be a tool to interfere with their lives.." > Hip Hop gangsta thug rap... "... or a nice sounding instrument that can really affect people in a positive way" > Real musicians like QJ and HH.

Notice.. no Akai based "beat making".

[fetishb]

@wendileona SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE HATER...IF ANYTHING,WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM HERBIE HANCOCK, WHO WORKS WITH HIPHOP ARTIST, IS THAT KEYBOARD/SYNTHS ARE INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE USED FOR MUSIC. JUST BECAUSE YOU DONT LIKE THE ART, SOESNT MEAN ITS NOT ART

[wendileona]

@fetishb @fetishb @fetishb So if I criticize... no wait, sorry... SO IF I CRITICIZE OR SHARE MY POINT OF VIEW I'M A "TRUE HATER"? IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A FAKE HATER? DOES LABELING ME A "HATER" INSTANTLY PIT OTHERS AGAINST ME? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GO ALL 'MYSPACE'/SCHOOL YARD AND CALL ME A "HATER". YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT ART OR MUSIC IS EVEN IF YOUR AKAI SAMPLER BEAT BOX 808'ED IT OUT TO YOU. HERBIE SAID IT, YOU USE MUSIC TO DESTROY OR YOU USE IT TO UPLIFT - WHAT DO YOU USE MUSIC FOR? Hmmm???

[fetishb]

@wendileona LOL....WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?? THE POINT IS DO NOT LABEL ART AS GARBAGE JUST BECAUSE YOU DONT LIKE IT. THAT IS ALL MY FRIEND..BY SAYING WHAT YOU SAID, YOU ARE "HATING" ON ANOTHER FORM OF MUSICAL ART..

[wendileona]

@fetishb Thats the fallacy, labeling "it" as "art". Music is music, art is art. Believe it or not, there may be a difference.

But if it makes you happy, and you believe its art then thats great! If it makes you a better person, uplifts you and creates peace to your fellow man, fantastic! If you can say its on the same level as Jazz or Blues or Salsa, you name it, super!

Now tell me Hip Hopper... how is that "hateful"?!

[wendileona]

@fetishb - and name me some... sorry ...NAME ME SOME HIP HOP ARTISTS HERBIE HAS WORKED WITH! MISTRA...

[wendileona]

Was this ever released on home VHS?

Cool that these two men that started in pure Jazz, explored modern tech based music. Very forward exploration at the time.

[olywood9]

pioneer! <3

[Kowriter]

incredible genius meets genius

[lucasasdelli]

The synth played by Herbie is a Rhodes Chroma

[DeathFromAbove72]

Does anyone know the synthesizer Herbie is playing throughout this video? It sounds beautiful.

[Zavon415]

@AndyCrystalOfficial yeah and thanks man

[ESSAYPOTNATV]

Thats that Fruity Loops 0.2

[michaeltgrace]

@ESSAYPOTNATV HA.

[Zavon415]

wat keyboard is that?

[plastikman2]

Fantastic! GREAT playing by the master!!!

[BLAZINBEATS123]

THIS WAS PROTOOLS BEFORE PROTOOLS.....

[keybobrob]

@BLAZINBEATS123 haha...protools...lol actually wasnt the pgm "session 8" protools predecessor?

[thephaseshifter]

@BLAZINBEATS123 protools wish...

[neofunkyman1]

supreme innovator meets supreme producer

[THEHUNGRYVEGETARIAN]

Two more geniuses of the music world, who never really get the props that they truly should receive. One could be just in the room with two legends and learn something from them.

[culturtony123]

QUIEN ES EL QUE TOKA??

WHAT PLAYING SINTEZISER?

NO SE INGLES PERO AVER SI ME ENTIENDEN ESQUE NO ES HERBIE HANCKOK ES OTRO TIPO HERBIE ES EL QUE ESTA BIENDO LA ACION

[marz415]

@culturtony123 el que toca si es herbie hancock uno de los mejored musicos de chicago el que esta mirando es quincy jones

[boombaf77]

DINGUE!!!!!!!!!!!

[dhefprod]

oh ol'good dayz !!!!

[HarpoonSlazenger]

0.56 Quincy enjoying a glass of wine....

[jgk381]

LOL Is that interviewer on crack? When Herbie was talking about smashing his neighbor with an axe, he was probably thinking of the interviewer, lol.

[socialmediaman]

As A kid I use to salivate over the Fairlight,MiniMoog & Synclavier syths just to name a few, but it was even moreso by listening,watching and learning as a kid to my records (Mom's records actually Lol!) to people like Herbie, Quincy, Stevie and many more that the musical styles that dwell in me to this day exist.

What a a 'gold nugget' & treat to randomly find!

[BigBoyDarrell]

Herbie is absolutely amazing!

[thesantos]

jackass interviewer has to make it a racial thing. Herbie schools him afterwards though.

[fuckingharpsichord]

rrrrrabit "HA"

[04291174]

LOL TOUCH SCREEN!

Sort of..

[RalphHyre]

@04291174 "Light pen" is the term you are looking for.

[AkuaRising]

This is history right here.

[mariusaliba]

does anyone have the part with Henry Mancini in the same documentary "i love quiny"?

[musesearch]

Man. Those computers are crazy!

Hal...?

[bitmap303]

thanks so much for posting this - a beautifully insightful piece of footage, has made my day, and it's only 11am.

[asfroolez]

it's amazing!!!! :]

[bitleyTM]

This one is great.

See my clips if you want to get access to these sounds! :)

[samsamba08]

Two of my musical heroes in the same room, WITH vintage synthesizers and sequencers? Equals = porn. :)

Begs the question - who has this Q documentary in full??

[gmpercar]

Grooooveeee, 5^!

[Hazmat347]

Damn music software been out for damn near decades. Herbie Hancock an innovator when it comes to this. He did of scores for a lot of movies in the 80's.

[solrac7000]

one of the finest keyboard players ever to grace humanity, ahead of the game !!

[Cali35Latin]

A couple years ago i met Herbie @ a 5.1 surround sound conference in Las Vegas (CES 2007). The coolest professional musician I've EVER met (at this same conference met gene simmons what a conceited frightened asswipe).

Herbie took the time to answer a couple questions personally for me. He is truly a GREAT man and Buddhist !!