Herbie Hancock Sextet - New York Minute (Part 1 of 2) 1997

Herbie Hancock - piano; Michael Brecker - tenor sax; John Schofield - guitar; Dave Holland - bass; Jack DeJohnette - drums; Don Alias - percussion.

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[ODRADEK111]

leaving out Don Alias is bad editing, but thanx for posting this.

I don't want to criticize these musicians because I love each one of them. That being said, when you see these giants on stage you kind of want something "different" to happen. The jazz formula HEAD-SOLO(s)-HEAD is getting so old, though. In fact, there is little interaction among the full ensemble. I wish Brecker and Scofield could penetrate Hancock's solo and so on and so forth. It never happens and the formula remains...

[bobjazz11]

Funnily enough I worked on this gig and Don's equipment hadn't arrived with him at Geneva in time - so I spent a frantic afternoon putting together an LP set of percussion and toys for him....!

Re interaction - John Schofield told me after the gig that he had spent most of the set diggin' the interaction between Herbie and Jack ...! And Mike Brecker was wiped out!

Bob

[lacyduka]

Herbie Hancock the God of Jazz  YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[mloaks]

RIP M Brecker?

[MrPartidoalto]

@ODRADEK111 In response to the traditional format of soloing off the head its a whole different compositional bag of interpreting the melody and harmonic structure, just like the blues. If done otherwise it would have to comprise a different compositional structure to change and explore the possibilities. Herbie's Mwandishi and Crossings defined that in a certain way.

[MrMichael1701]

Best damn video online! Love this Song!!!!

[theKNABLE]

heavies,,,one and all,,,,,its very hard to play with each others heroes and not be self conscious,,,,,then put acamera in front of our faces,,,,,,hard to make music at that point

[JR1840]

i have this album, purely amazing. One of my first jazz cd's, it really opened my ear's up to enjoying jazz, especially this tune. It's just produced so damn well. Thanks for posting this.

[lou2cv]

I agree the formula head-solos-head is old... sure. But as we use to say, "it's not WHAT you do... but it is HOW you do it". Yer, they're playing an old head-solo-head formula but they play it so beautifuly, it doesn't matter. That's my opinion.

[ODRADEK111]

I just feel like these guys could go further. Each one of the solos is incredible and of course Dejohnette and Holland are superb interacting with Hancock; but what about the whole ensemble soloing together, not like a free jazz texture, but really composing something on the spot following the changes (or not). Holland has done this kind of stuff with his quintet w/ Kenny Wheeler and Steve Coleman. I just wish these legends were doing something like that. Just a thought as a listener.

[ODRADEK111]

it's great that you had the chance to work with these amazing musicians. My point about interaction was confirmed after listening to Hancok's solo: the format is getting old. The thing is that we are talking about a "quasi" improvised art form, where the behavior of each musician is way too constricted by severe rules, namely head-solos-head. Because these guys are great, how come we don't have two or three soloists creating intense counterpoint, textures, etc?